Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221463912

BIRCHSTONE MANAGEMENT, LLC

Event
Abdomen, Barrier Guard, Chest, Crushed, Crushing, Ejected, Forklift, Ind Trk Operator, Overturn, Roll-Over
NAICS
321920
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345971378
Employer profile
BIRCHSTONE MANAGEMENT, LLC
Summary number
221463912
Report ID
0953220

Event description

Employee is killed when crushed by overturned forklift

Investigation abstract

At 11:05 p.m. on May 19, 2022, an employee was moving pallets with a forklift while not wearing a seat belt. The forklift struck a barrier guard, ejecting the employee to the left, and rolling the forklift onto the employee. The employee sustained crushing injuries to the chest and abdomen, killing him.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 24 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    856

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