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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221385552

FIELDSTONE MEATS OF ALABAMA INC.

Event
Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Caught Between, Connecting, Crushed, Tractor Trailer
NAICS
424470
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345498612
Employer profile
FIELDSTONE MEATS OF ALABAMA INC.
Summary number
221385552
Report ID
0418300

Event description

Employee is killed when caught between truck and trailer

Investigation abstract

At 8:30 a.m. on August 23, 2021, an employee was hooking up a KALMAR Ottawa Terminal Tractor to a Utility Refrigerated Trailer when he was pinned between the trailer and the tractor. The employee suffered fatal crushing injuries.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 77 M

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    0

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