Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 173623.015 - Employee is fatally injured when trapped between UTV and tor

Accident Summary Nr: 173623.015 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 01/16/2025
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1799252.015	01/17/2025		237130	Azco, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:54 p.m. on January 16, 2025, an employee was working as a construction laborer for a company that builds power and communications related structures. The employee was operating a Polaris Pro XD Mid-Size Gas Crew side-by-side (UTV) while pulling a trailer on a snow covered hill. The hill sloped down towards torque tubes that extended out past a final support post. The worker was operating the UTV while pulling a trailer. The snow caused the UTV to slide down the hill sideways and into a torque tube. The employee became trapped between the torque tube and the UTV seat. The employee was fatally injured.

Keywords: ATV, Asphyxiated, Building, Catch Point, Chest, Construction, Construction vehicle, Crushed, Driver, Driving, Equipment Operator, Hill, Laborer, Lack of Work Procedures, Machine operator, Material Handling, Metal, Metal Pole, Motor Vehicle, Pinch Point, Pinched, Pinned, Seat, Slip, Slippery Surface, Slope, Sloping, Snow, Snow Covered, Snowy, Steel Tube, Support Posts, Towing, Trailer, Training, Trapped, Unstable Surface, Weather, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerplant		New project or new addition					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1799252.015	41	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause:

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