OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221406325

ASSURANCE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

WELCOME, MD· 2021-10-26T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Catch Point, Chest, Crushed, Cut, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Dumpster, Forklift, Forks, Industrial Truck, Laceration, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Off Loading, Pinched, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Struck Against, Struck By, Unauthorized
NAICS: 541715
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345607907
Employer profile: ASSURANCE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Summary number: 221406325
Report ID: 0316100

Event description

Employee is killed from chest injury after struck by PIT

Investigation abstract

At 8:30 a.m. on October 26, 2021, an employee had been operating Operating a Daewoo Model G32E Powered Industrial Truck (PIT) equipped with fork extenders. After the employee dumped material from the PIT into a 30-yard dumpster, he exited the vehicle. It is presumed that the employee was trying to retrieve a fork extender that had fallen off in the dumpster when the PIT rolled back and struck him. The employee was killed due to blunt force trauma to his chest. The fork extenders had not been authorized by the manufacturer.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 54 M

Event type
6

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