OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221656465

MTM RECOGNITION CORPORATION

DEL CITY, OK· 2024-04-09T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Floor, Elevated Work Plat, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Head, Hoisting Mechanism, Industrial Truck, Insufficient Supervision, Material Handling, Order-picker, PIV, Picking an order, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Sales, Sales Representative, Warehouse, Warehouse Aisle, Work Platform
NAICS: 332999
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347404014
Employer profile: MTM RECOGNITION CORPORATION
Summary number: 221656465
Report ID: 0627700

Event description

Employee dies from head trauma in fall off elevated platform

Investigation abstract

At 2:00 p.m. on April 9, 2024, an employee working in sales for a metal products manufacturer was completing an order fulfillment in the warehouse. The employee was operating a Class II electric narrow aisle order picker powered industrial truck (PIV). The employee was gathering an order from a height of approximately 20 feet when he fell from the platform of the PIV. The employee was not wearing a fall protection harness. The employee died from a head injury due to impact with the concrete floor below.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 60 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
268

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