OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221436157
CITY BEVERAGE - ILLINOIS L.L.C.
NORMAL, IL·
Event description
Employee is killed when caught between vehicle and loading d
Investigation abstract
At 6:50 a.m. on February 9, 2022, Employee #1 was standing between his delivery vehicle's cab, and the truck rolled back while Employee #1 was manipulating the lift gate of the truck and was pinned between the truck and the loading dock. The employee was killed due to traumatic compressional asphyxia. truck and the loading dock, preparing to offload palletized beverages. Employee #1 had backed his delivery truck into dock #4 and was standing between the rear of the truck trailer and the loading dock. Employee #1 was preparing to offload palletized beverages that were to be delivered to the store, when the vehicle rolled back and pinned Employee #1 between the truck and the loading dock. Employee #1 was discovered dead by an employee working at the store. The vehicle's parking brake had not been applied. The coworker theorized that Employee #1 had forgotten to apply the parking brake before exiting the
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 51 M
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 804
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