OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221709041

157420 - D. H. GRIFFIN WRECKING COMPANY, INC.

GREENSBORO, NC— 2024-09-04T00:00:00

Event: Aerial Lift, Aerial Truck, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Crossarm, Driver, Driving, Flagger, Industrial Truck, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, PIV, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Railroad Track, Repair, Spotter, Struck Against, Struck By, Tracks, Traffic Accident, Train, Unsafe Position, Waste Proc Fac
NAICS: 423930
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347735177
Employer profile: 157420 - D. H. GRIFFIN WRECKING COMPANY, INC.
Summary number: 221709041
Report ID: 0453720

Event description

Employee driving PIV dies of multiple trauma when struck by

Investigation abstract

At 3:21 p.m. on September 4, 2024, an employee working as a powered industrial train. The employee died from multiple blunt force trauma. vehicle (PIV) operator for a recycled material wholesaler was driving a JLG 460SJ Telescopic Boom Lift. The employee was taking the PIV from the metal recycling yard down the street to the fleet yard repair facility to have the camera repaired. The employee needed to cross over a set of railroad tracks to continue down the road to the fleet yard entrance. Two coworkers served as spotters to stop vehicle traffic on the road. When the employee began to cross the tracks the rail guards began to come down due to an approaching passenger train. The employee was unable to clear the tracks in time and was struck by the

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 51 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
999

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