OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221390271

NAC INTERNATIONAL INC.

MIDDLETOWN, PA· 2021-09-10T00:00:00

Event: Asphyxiated, Chest, Crate, Crushed, Equipment Operator, Falling Object, Industrial Truck, Material Handling, Pallet Jack, Parking Lot, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Raised platform, Struck By, Truck, Truck Driver, Unstable Load, Unstable Position
NAICS: 541690
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345525422
Employer profile: NAC INTERNATIONAL INC.
Summary number: 221390271
Report ID: 0316700

Event description

Employee is killed when struck by falling crate from lift ga

Investigation abstract

At 10:58 a.m. on September 10, 2021, an employee helped a coworker (Truck the fully elevated lift gate and landed on top of the employee. The employee was crushed and asphyxiated, killing him. Driver/Owner) of a box/straight truck from an independent trucking company unload three crates. The crates included one that was 78 inches long by 64 inches wide by 75 inches high and weighed 2,800 pounds. The employee and coworker were working in a parking lot using a 5,500-pound capacity Lift-Rite Titan hand pallet jack that the coworker owned and the truck's 3,000-pound capacity Maxon GPTWR-3 lift gate. The lift gate platform had a width of 80 inches, a depth of 60 inches and was 3 feet high fully extended. The employee was located at ground level at the rear of the box truck when the crate fell off

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 55 M

Event type
1

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