Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221670425

PIONEER INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL

Event
Box, Compactor, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Head, Laceration, Traumatic Brain Injury
NAICS
423930
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#347519308
Employer profile
PIONEER INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL
Summary number
221670425
Report ID
0627700

Event description

Employee falls into compactor chute, sustains fatal injuries

Investigation abstract

At 3:00 p.m. on May 31, 2024, Employee #1 was working on an elevated platform approximately 20 feet in the air, assisting with pushing cardboard boxes into a chute leading to a box compactor. While in position, the employee fell into the chute and struck the working surface of the machinery below. The employee sustained fatal head trauma and multiple lacerations to the body from the impact. Emergency services responded, but the employee was pronounced dead at the scene.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 38 M

    Event type
    5

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