OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221458789
MS WAREHOUSING LLC
HOUSTON, TX·
Event description
Employee is killed when struck by falling material
Investigation abstract
At 3:43 p.m. on April 29, 2022, Employee #1 had parked his forklift inside a operator was traveling forward with limited view of the area. Employee #1 suffered fatal blunt force trauma to the head and upper body area. Employee #1 was killed. warehouse and was walking in a westerly direction. Another forklift operator was traveling from the south area towards the north area of the warehouse on a Mitsubishi Forklift, Model FG30N, carrying two bundles of plywood. The forklift was being driven forwards. The forklift operator hit the brakes of the forklift, and the bundle of plywood slid off the forks and struck Employee #1. One bundle of plywood consisted of four sets weighing approximately 2,250 pounds. One bundle was approximately three feet in height and two bundles were six feet. The bundles were raised approximately one and a half feet by the forks. The
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 43 M
- Event type
- 1
- Occupation code
- 859
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