OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221436868

US MERCHANTS

ONTARIO, CA· 2021-09-07T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chock, Communication, Concrete Pavement, Concrete Surface, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Falling Object, Foot, Head, Industrial Truck, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Laceration, Loading, Loading Dock, Material Handling, Miscommunication, Motor Vehicle, PIV, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Tractor Trailer, Trailer, Trailer Truck, Truck Driver, Unsafe Position
NAICS: 541614
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345614184
Employer profile: US MERCHANTS
Summary number: 221436868
Report ID: 0950644

Event description

Employee lacerates head and foot when PIV falls from trailer

Investigation abstract

At 9:41 a.m. on September 7, 2021, an employee working as a powered industrial vehicle (PIV) operator for a logistics service was loading a trailer. A coworker, the truck driver, was given paperwork by another coworker for the merchandise loaded in the trailer. The coworker believed the merchandise was loaded and the wheels were not chocked, so the coworker started the truck and began pulling away from the loading dock. The employee was still operating the PIV loading the trailer causing him to fall from the trailer to the concrete pavement as the truck was pulling away. The employee was hospitalized to treat a laceration to his head and foot.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 41 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
856

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