OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221391030

GERSHOW RECYCLING CORPORATION

MEDFORD, NY· 2021-09-11T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concussion, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Dumpster, Falling Object, Hard Hat, Head, Inexperience, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Pin, Skull, Struck By, Training, Truck, Truck Driver
NAICS: 562920
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345529077
Employer profile: GERSHOW RECYCLING CORPORATION
Summary number: 221391030
Report ID: 0214700

Event description

Employee is killed when struck by roll off truck bin door

Investigation abstract

At 9:15 a.m. on September 11, 2021, an employee was closing a 20-yard roll-off proceeded to dump the roll-off container. Once emptied, the employee attempted to close the bin door. The top hinge of the door broke off and the bin door fell off the roll-off container and struck the employee in the head. The employee was killed from blunt force trauma to the head. container door on an off-road truck. The employee was the truck driver who operated the vehicle, moving materials around a recycling yard. The employee was attempting to open the back door of the roll-off container, which had a missing lower hinge pin. The employee requested a coworker who was a heavy equipment operator to provide mechanical assistance in opening the door. The heavy equipment operator recognized that the bottom hinge of the door was missing and notified the employee and recommendeed he chain the door open and contact a welder to replace the hinge pin. The employee acknowledged the missing pin and

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 32 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
7056

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