OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221711203

CHEROKEE BUILDING MATERIALS

BELLEFONTAINE, OH— 2024-10-21T00:00:00

Event: Abdomen, Boom Truck, Chest, Construction, Construction vehicle, Crushed, Delivery Work, Drywall, Dunnage, Hoist, Hoisting Mechanism, Lift, Material Handling, Pinch Point, Pinched, Pinned, Residential Construction, Torso, Trailer Truck, Truck, Truck Boom, Truck Driver, Unloading, Unsafe Position
NAICS: 444190
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347829962
Employer profile: CHEROKEE BUILDING MATERIALS
Summary number: 221711203
Report ID: 0524700
Project type: A
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee dies from crush injuries when pinned by lift and tr

Investigation abstract

At 1:00 p.m. on October 21, 2024, an employee working as a truck driver for a crushed torso, chest and abdomen. building materials supplier was removing dunnage spacers from the trailer of a flat bed truck. The employee was operating a remote-controlled vehicle-mounted boom lift to deliver drywall to a new construction residential site. The employee hoisted a bunk of drywall and positioned the load off the driver's side of the vehicle. As he suspended the load, the employee walked in the narrow space between the load and the truck bed. As he was walking in this area to remove the spacers from atop the load, the boom lift was inadvertently activated and pinned him against the truck bed crushing him. The employee died from a

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 37 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
804

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