OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221403611

CENTRAL GARDEN AND PET

ROSENHAYN, NJ· 2021-10-19T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concussion, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Flatbed Truck, Hand, Head, Lost Balance, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Off Loading, Trailer, Truck, Walking Surface, Work Surface
NAICS: 424930
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345591390
Employer profile: CENTRAL GARDEN AND PET
Summary number: 221403611
Report ID: 0213900

Event description

Employee is killed after striking head in fall from trailer

Investigation abstract

At 7:15 a.m. on October 19, 2021, an employee was beginning to unload frost blankets from a flat bed trailer when he lost his balance and fell hitting his head on the ground. The employee was killed from blunt force trauma to the head.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 51 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
479

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