Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170379.015 - Employee is killed when struck and decapitated under trailer

Accident Summary Nr: 170379.015 -- Report ID: 1032500 -- Event Date: 09/21/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1777302.015	09/21/2024		238210	Wasatch Electric, Llc

Abstract: At approximately 9:15 a.m. on September 21, 2024, an employee was using a winch bar to push in a stuck air-actuated steel pin on an expandable trailer bed. While the employee was working under the trailer inside a shear point, a coworker drove the truck in reverse, causing the shear point within the trailer's undercarriage to catch the employee's head, resulting in decapitation. The employee died at the scene.

Keywords: Decapitated, Flatbed Trailer, Guard, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Semi Tractor Trailer, Shear, Struck Against, Struck By, Tagout, Tractor Trailer, Trailer, Trailer Truck

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Other					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1777302.015	50	M	Fatality		Telecomm: Line Installers And Repairers

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