OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221676778

ALL FLORIDA TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC.

WEST PALM BEACH, FL· 2024-06-24T00:00:00

Event: Aerial Lift, Aerial Truck, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Crushed, Falling Object, Flatbed Trailer, Freight, Lack of Work Procedures, Loading, Struck By, Transportation, Unsafe Position, Unstable Load
NAICS: 484220
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347571705
Employer profile: ALL FLORIDA TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC.
Summary number: 221676778
Report ID: 0418800

Event description

Employee dies when struck by lift being loaded onto flatbed

Investigation abstract

At 9:15 a.m. on June 24, 2024, an employee working for a freight services was loading a Genie Lift Model AWP-40S onto the bed of a flatbed trailer. A winch was not being used to load the lift in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations. The lift fell off the trailer and struck the employee. The employee died from multiple blunt force trauma.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 59 M

Event type
1

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