Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 149028.015 - Employee Is Killed When Struck and Crushed By Steel Welding

Accident Summary Nr: 149028.015 -- Report ID: 0627510 -- Event Date: 08/19/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1616428.015	08/19/2022		221114	Primoris Renewable Energy

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on August 19, 2022, an employee was welding a steel template while working on construction of a new power transmission line at a solar electric generation facility. While the employee was welding, the steel template fell off the skid steer loader holding it and onto the employee. The employee was killed when he was struck and crushed by the steel template.

Keywords: Crushed, Crushing, Falling Object, Loader, Power Lines, Power Plant, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Struck By, Unsecured, Welder, Welding

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		New project or new addition			1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1616428.015	24	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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