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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221401144

103611 - PIONEER INDUSTRIES INC

Event
Crushed, Forklift, Head, Pinned, Tips Over, Torso
NAICS
423930
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345576284
Employer profile
103611 - PIONEER INDUSTRIES INC
Summary number
221401144
Report ID
0552700

Event description

Employee is killed after forklift tips over

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 a.m. on October 12, 2021, an employee drove a Linde diesel-powered forklift out of the work area into a paved parking lot. The employee was transporting cardboard with the forklift between Buildings One and Two of the paper recycling facility. The forklift tipped over and the employee's head and torso were crushed. The forklift was raised off the employee, who had a weak pulse and died shortly after paramedics arrived.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 47 M

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    999

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