OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221414675

THE BRUSS COMPANY

CHICAGO, IL· 2021-11-13T00:00:00

Event: Asphyxiated, Caught Between, Communication, Food processing, Loading, Material Handling, Meat Processing, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Pallet, Palletized Cargo, Pinned, Tractor Trailer, Trailer, Unstable Position, Walking Surface, Warehouse, Work Surface
NAICS: 311612
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345657019
Employer profile: THE BRUSS COMPANY
Summary number: 221414675
Report ID: 0524200

Event description

Employee is killed when pinned by pallets in trailer

Investigation abstract

At 9:48 a.m. on November 13, 2021, an employee (Shipping Supervisor) entered a semi-truck trailer that was partially filled with pallets boxed frozen chicken at the front end of the trailer. The employee entered the trailer to look for a cell phone he had dropped earlier in the morning. When the employee did not exit trailer coworkers began looking for him. The trailer had already been completely filled and left the dock area at this point. The employee was found in trailer and had been killed due to positional asphyxia from being wedged between the pallets. The employee had not notified the Shipping Department that he was going inside the trailer so they contined to load the pallets as scheduled.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 32 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
843

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