OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221358617
HANDI-FOIL CORP. DBA HANDI-FOIL OF AMERICA
ANTIOCH, IL·
Event description
Employee is killed in fall from height
Investigation abstract
At approximately 6:30 p.m. on May 25, 2021, an employee was inside a cage (a forklift aerial platform) that was being elevated by a forklift so the employee could straighten a pallet of material, over 25 feet high, on the storage rack. The cage separated from the forks of the forklift and fell to the concrete floor below from the elevated level of approximately 25 feet. The employee was killed from the impact of the fall.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 66 M
- Event type
- 5
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