OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221427818

FURLANI FOODS LLC

OAK CREEK, WI· 2022-01-15T00:00:00

Event: Adjust, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Floor, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Lost Balance, Pallet, Palletized Cargo, Skull, Storage Rack
NAICS: 311812
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345728232
Employer profile: FURLANI FOODS LLC
Summary number: 221427818
Report ID: 0523400

Event description

Employee is killed in fall from storage rack

Investigation abstract

At 5:00 a.m. on January 15, 2022, an employee was standing on a Steel King SK3600 push back racking system in a large freezer approximately 20 feet above grade attempting to readjust a pallet on the racking system. The employee lost his balance and fell from rack to the concrete the floor below. The employee suffered a fatal skull fracture.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 49 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
883

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