OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221672561

THE KEIM COMPANY

BAINBRIDGE, OH· 2024-06-07T00:00:00

Event: Asphyxiated, Chest, Compressed By, Compression, Contusion, Crushed, Forklift, Industrial Truck, Lack of oxygen, Lung, Material Handling, PIV, Pinned, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Respiratory, Respiratory Tract, Rolled, Struck By, Unloading, Unsecured, Work Surface
NAICS: 423310
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347537383
Employer profile: THE KEIM COMPANY
Summary number: 221672561
Report ID: 0522000

Event description

Employee dies from asphyxiation when pinned by unsecured PIV

Investigation abstract

At 11:15 a.m. on June 7, 2024, an employee working as a heavy truck driver for a wood products supplier was unloading a semi-truck trailer by hand onto a Moffit fork-lift (PIV) pallet. During the unloading process, the PIV, which had not been properly secured, began to roll forward and pinned the employee between the PIV and the bed of the trailer. The employee died due to compressive asphyxiation.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 61 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
804

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