OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221464662

CARGO TECH INTERNATIONAL INC

OCEAN CITY, NJ· 2022-05-02T00:00:00

Event: Aerial Lift, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Collapse, Concrete, Driving, Ejected, Equipment Operator, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Head, Overloaded, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Pier, Tie-Off, Torso, Work Surface
NAICS: 238190
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345932115
Employer profile: CARGO TECH INTERNATIONAL INC
Summary number: 221464662
Report ID: 0213900

Event description

Employee is killed, thrown from lift when pier collapses

Investigation abstract

At 10:30 a.m. on May 2, 2022, an employee was repositioning a Genie S-85 self-propelled telescoping boom lift from one location to another. The concrete pier underneath the lift failed causing the worker to be thrown approximately 20 feet from the machine. The employee was killed due to blunt force trauma to his head and torso.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 62 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
783

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