OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221601842

STANDARD STEEL LIMITED

LAS VEGAS, NV— 2023-09-23T00:00:00

Event: Blade, Commercial Building, Construction, Cutting, Flying Object, Hand Tool, Installing, Kick Back, Laceration, Loss Of Blood, Metal, Neck, Saw, Steel, Steel Erection, Struck By
NAICS: 238120
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346992134
Employer profile: STANDARD STEEL LIMITED
Summary number: 221601842
Report ID: 0953220
Project type: A
Construction end-use: H

Event description

Employee dies from neck laceration when struck by saw

Investigation abstract

At 11:30 a.m. on September 23, 2023, an employee working as a steel worker for a structural steel contractor was operating an Evolution R300 electric saw. The employee was cutting notches in aluminum deck planking to be fitted around columns on the lower level of a skybox suites structure. According to witnesses, the saw kicked back, struck the column, then struck the employee in the neck causing a severe laceration to his neck. The employee died as a result of his injury.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 37 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
7051

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