OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221713878

MARTIN METAL LLC

OSAGE BEACH, MO— 2024-10-28T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Delivery Work, Equipment Operator, Forklift, Hill, Industrial Truck, Insufficient Supervision, Lost Control, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, PIV, Pavement, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Roll, Roll-Over, Rolled, Safety Device, Slope, Struck By, Training, Window
NAICS: 321214
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347849291
Employer profile: MARTIN METAL LLC
Summary number: 221713878
Report ID: 0728500

Event description

Employee dies from multiple blunt trauma when struck by PIV

Investigation abstract

At 7:00 a.m. on October 28, 2024, an employee working as as a Moffett forklift powered industrial vehicle (PIV) operator for a metal truss manufacturer was delivering a window to a residential location. As the employee backed the forklift down a driveway, it pivoted and began cartwheeling down the driveway. The employee died from multiple blunt trauma when struck by the PIV.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 53 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
856

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