OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221618986
PROTECTIVE COATING SPECIALISTS, INC.
HURON, SD·
Event description
Employee is killed when crushed by forklift
Investigation abstract
At 12:30 p.m. on November 21, 2023, an employee was using a forklift to load pallets onto a box truck. The employee attempted to back from the box truck to the dock, but the truck had rolled away, and the forklift fell to the ground. The employee was killed due to traumatic crushing injuries.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 75 M
- Event type
- 6
- Occupation code
- 805
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