Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 154003.015 - Employee is killed when struck by hitch

Accident Summary Nr: 154003.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 01/04/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1641984.015	01/05/2023		327320	L & S Transit Mix Concrete Co

Abstract: At 5:50 p.m. on January 4, 2023, an employee was delivering concrete to a construction site in a 33,000-pound Advance Mixer cement truck filled with 26,443 pounds of concrete when he got stuck heavy mud at an outdoor worksite. A coworker was operating a John Deere 650K Crawler Dozer and was attempting to pull the cement truck out of the mud. One end of a 15-foot braided wire rope was attached to the front-end tow plate of the cement truck and the other end of the wire rope was attached to an aftermarket Buyers 8-ton combination hitch attachment on the blade of the dozer. The four grade eight bolts securing the hitch failed causing the hitch to snap towards the windshield of the cement truck and struck the employee. The employee died due to blunt force trauma to the face and head.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Bulldozer, Cement truck, Delivery Work, Face, Head, Mud Pit, Projectile, Struck By, Stuck, Towed Equipment, Wire Rope

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1641984.015	57	M	Fatality		Truck drivers, heavy

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