OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221706435

TRAFFIC HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE, LLC

HONEY GROVE, TX— 2024-10-02T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Brain, Cage, Ejected, Forklift, Head, Jump, Material Handling, Neck, Pinned, Safety Cage, Thrown, Tips Over, Traumatic Brain Injury
NAICS: 237310
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347793218
Employer profile: TRAFFIC HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE, LLC
Summary number: 221706435
Report ID: 0626300
Project type: C
Construction end-use: I

Event description

Employee is pinned under forklift and killed

Investigation abstract

At 5:30 p.m. on October 2, 2024, Employee #1 was operating a three-wheel Donkey truck-carried forklift to move jobsite materials. According to witness statements, the employee was reversing the forklift in a turn when it began to tip over. The employee was either thrown or jumped from the cab and became pinned between the ground and the top of the forklift's rollover cage. He sustained fatal injuries to the head and neck.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 46 M

Event type
14

Occupation code
7028

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