OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221405426

PERFORMANCE PALLET CORP.

SEYMOUR, WI· 2021-10-25T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Brace, Bracing, Crushed, Debris, Dock, Falling Object, Forks, Hand Tool, Head, Installing, Loading Dock, Maintenance, Neck, Shovel, Struck By, Wheel Loader
NAICS: 321920
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345601801
Employer profile: PERFORMANCE PALLET CORP.
Summary number: 221405426
Report ID: 0521100

Event description

Employee is killed when crushed by loading dock plate

Investigation abstract

At 1:50 p.m. on October 25, 2021, an employee, a maintenance worker, was preparing a loading dock to install an airbag. A coworker, operating a wheel loader with fork attachment, lifted an outdoor loading dock plate and the employee braced the plate with a 4-inch wide, 4-inch deep, by 48-inch long wooden block. The wheel loader fork was removed, and the employee used hand tools, including a hoe and shovel, to remove dirt and debris from under the dock equipment. The employee was standing in front of the loading dock with the edge of the plate overhead when the dock plate fell and crushed him. The employee died due to crushing injuries to his head and neck.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 62 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
519

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