OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221643869

CHUNG HO IND. & TECH. CO., LTD.

DADEVILLE, AL· 2024-02-21T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Pavement, Concrete Surface, Falling Object, Forklift, Forks, Fracture, Industrial Truck, Lack of Work Procedures, Material Handling, PIV, Pavement, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Skull, Struck Against, Unsecured, Unstable Load, Vertebra, Work Surface
NAICS: 238290
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347301863
Employer profile: CHUNG HO IND. & TECH. CO., LTD.
Summary number: 221643869
Report ID: 0418600
Project type: A
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee dies from blunt trauma in trip and fall to pavement

Investigation abstract

At 3:30 p.m. on February 21, 2024, an employee working for a building equipment contractor was directing the movement of equipment. The equipment fell off of the forks of a powered industrial vehicle (PIV). The employee tripped trying to back away from the falling load. He fell and fractured his lower skull and vertebrae from impact with the concrete pavement. The employee died from his injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 61 M

Event type
6

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