OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221627847

FENIX PARTS INC

RAHWAY, NJ· 2023-12-28T00:00:00

Event: Automobile, Automotive Repair, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Crushed, Falling Object, Fracture, Head, Inexperience, Laborer, Ramp, Struck By, Trapped, Work Surface
NAICS: 423140
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347186942
Employer profile: FENIX PARTS INC
Summary number: 221627847
Report ID: 0213400

Event description

Employee is killed from head trauma when crushed by ramp

Investigation abstract

At 5:30 a.m. on December 28, 2023, an employee working as a laborer for an auto parts supplier was working under a ramp making adjustments. The ramp fell and employee was crushed after becoming trapped under the equipment. The employee died from head trauma.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 38 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
889

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