OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221633472
DW DISTRIBUTION INCORPORATED
CAT SPRING, TX·
Event description
Employee dies after collapsing
Investigation abstract
At 5:30 p.m. on January 17, 2024, an employee, a forklift driver, was tasked to About 15 minutes passed, and the other forklift driver went to check on the employee to make sure he was not stuck. The other forklift driver noticed that the employee's forklift had the left-side door latched open and he was hunched over to the right side of the steering wheel. The forklift operator and the manager noticed blood around the mouth of the employee, as well as on the floorboard and right-side door and window. The employee was unresponsive. They performed CPR, and EMS was called. The employee was taken to the hospital, where he died. The medical examiner report determined that the fatality was due to cirrhosis of the liver. go pull two items, while another forklift driver was pulling three items to complete orders. The employee was traveling south on the main road toward the material that was going to be pulled; in a statement, it was said that he passed the material and continued down the road. Coworkers assumed the employee was going to the port-a-potty that was located along the westside fence line. The other forklift driver returned to tent #1 and started putting together the order. He then looked down the road and noticed that the employee's forklift was pulled to the side, facing the shingles along the westside fence-line.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 7020
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