OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221659816

HEB, LP

TEMPLE, TX· 2024-04-22T00:00:00

Event: Abrasion, Accelerator Pedal, Arm, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Collision, Contusion, Driver, Driving, Fracture, Head, Leg, Motor Vehicle, Neck, Parking Lot, Seat Belt, Struck Against, Suicide, Torso, Trailer, Transportation, Van
NAICS: 493120
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347433203
Employer profile: HEB, LP
Summary number: 221659816
Report ID: 0625400

Event description

Employee dies from blunt trauma crashing van into trailer

Investigation abstract

At 12:11 p.m. on April 22, 2024, an employee was driving a Chrysler Pacifica Van in a parking lot while performing inventory duties. The employee accelerated the van and ran into a stationary trailer. The employee died from multiple blunt force injuries to his head, neck, torso and extremities. The official opinion of the medical examiner's office and the responding police department is that the incident be ruled as a suicide. These conclusions were supported from information obtained from the crash data retrieval system.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 39 M

Event type
6

Occupation code
814

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