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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221606924

155314 - YATES CONSTRUCTION CO., INC

Event
Caught In, Chest, Chop Saw, Saw, Sawblade, Struck By
NAICS
237110
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#347019853
Employer profile
155314 - YATES CONSTRUCTION CO., INC
Summary number
221606924
Report ID
0453720

Event description

Employee gets caught in cut off saw causing fatality

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 am, on October 7,2023, Employee #1 was working for a Water/Sewer Installation Contractor. Employee #1 was using a cut off saw to cut pipe. Employee #1 was using the saw when his shirt got caught in the blade pulling the employee into the rotating saw. The blade struck Employee #1 in the chest causing the fatality.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 38 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    999

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