OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221685928

INTERNATIONAL PAPER

THREE RIVERS, MI— 2024-07-22T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Dock, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Loading Dock, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Semi Tractor Trailer, Tractor Trailer, Tractor--Truck, Truck Driver
NAICS: 322121
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347640658
Employer profile: INTERNATIONAL PAPER
Summary number: 221685928
Report ID: 0552652

Event description

Employee dies from blunt trauma in fall from shipping dock

Investigation abstract

At 8:00 a.m. on July 22, 2024, an employee working as a shipping and receiving clerk for a paper mill was working by Dock 13. The employee fell off of the dock approximately 47 inches to the ground as a semi-truck was backing into the dock. A coworker noticed the employee in the loading dock well area on the ground behind the backing truck. The coworker tried to flag down the tractor-trailer operator. It is undetermined how the employee ended up in the dock well and the exact cause of the employee's injuries. The employee died from blunt force trauma to torso.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 62 M

Event type
14

Occupation code
364

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