OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221667116

FIVE ACES SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT LLC

FLAT ROCK, MI· 2024-01-15T00:00:00

Event: Automobile, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Driver, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Freight, Parking Lot, Pavement, Semi Tractor Trailer, Tractor Trailer, Trailer, Trailer Truck, Truck Driver, Unloading
NAICS: 484230
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347493157
Employer profile: FIVE ACES SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT LLC
Summary number: 221667116
Report ID: 0552652

Event description

Employee dies from multiple trauma in fall from car hauler

Investigation abstract

At 10:30 p.m. on January 15, 2024, an employee working as a truck driver for a freight service was unloading cars from the top deck of a Cottrell 7509 car hauler connected to a 2013 Peterbilt 389 truck. While the employee was in the process of unloading the last car, he fell from the top deck of a car hauler and struck the pavement. The employee died from multiple injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 66 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
804

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