OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221460223
SPICKNALLS FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
BELTSVILLE, MD·
Event description
Employee is killed when crushed by falling plant rack
Investigation abstract
At 11:30 a.m. on May 6, 20221, an employee was standing at the rear of a tractor trailer preparing to unload plant racks. The employee was extending the width of the forks of a tractor to fit the plant racks. A plant rack at the rear of the tractor trailer slipped off the edge of the truck, striking the employee in the head and crushing him. The employee was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 68 M
- Event type
- 1
- Occupation code
- 476
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