OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221672454

MITCHELL INDUSTRIAL TIRE CO., INC.

ELM MOTT, TX· 2024-06-06T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Driver, Equipment Operator, Falling Object, Forklift, Head, Industrial Truck, Inexperience, Laborer, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Neck, Pallet, Palletized Cargo, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Storage Rack, Struck Against, Struck By, Tire, Training, Unsafe Position, Unstable Load, Warehouse, Warehouse Aisle
NAICS: 493110
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347536575
Employer profile: MITCHELL INDUSTRIAL TIRE CO., INC.
Summary number: 221672454
Report ID: 0636900

Event description

Employee dies from head and neck injuries when struck by fal

Investigation abstract

At 2:00 p.m. on June 6, 2024, an employee working as a laborer for a tire contained tires weighing approximately 137 pounds each and pallet 2 contained tires weighing approximately 156 pounds each. For an undetermined reason, the employee exited the forklift prior to the pallets falling and was struck by multiple solid-core forklift tires. The employee died from blunt force trauma to his head and neck. The autopsy report with the final determination of his injuries is pending. warehouse was operating a forklift (PIV). The employee was using the PIV to access palletized solid-core forklift tires on the third tier of a 4-tier rack storage system. While lifting the pallet from the third tier of the rack, the PIV's load backrest appears to have come into contact with the front horizontal beam of the fourth tier of the rack. This caused the front horizontal beam to disconnect from the rack system's upright frame. Two pallets stored on the fourth tier approximately 16 feet above the floor fell. Each pallet contained ten solid-core forklift tires and weighed approximately 1,600 pounds. Pallet 1

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 39 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
889

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