OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221409006
IPPOLITO INTERNATIONAL, LP
SALINAS, CA·
Event description
Employee dies while operating forklift
Investigation abstract
At 5:40 p.m. on November 4, 2021, an employee was operating a forklift and loading tractors onto trailers for transport. After not seeing the employee for a period of time, a coworker went looking for him and found him in front of a trailer, face down, convulsing and foaming from the mouth. The employee was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The coroner set the cause of death as an enlarged heart.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 516
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