OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221719610

COAST CITRUS DISTRIBUTION DBA COAST TROPICAL

MCALLEN, TX— 2024-11-15T00:00:00

Event: Abdomen, Abrasion, Back, Chest, Chock, Contusion, Dock, Dock Plate, Dock Worker, Driver, Engineering Controls, Foot, Fracture, Freight, Hip, Insufficient Supervision, Internal, Internal Injuries, Kidney, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Leg, Liver, Loading Dock, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Material Handling, Motor Vehicle, Pelvis, Pinned, Puncture, Puncture Wound, Rib, Safety Device, Semi Tractor Trailer, Spleen, Staffing Agency, Stocking, Struck By, Temporary, Temporary Employment Agency, Temporary Worker, Tractor Trailer, Trailer, Trailer Truck, Truck Driver, Unsecured, Warehouse, Work Surface
NAICS: 424480
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347887564
Employer profile: COAST CITRUS DISTRIBUTION DBA COAST TROPICAL
Summary number: 221719610
Report ID: 0626000

Event description

Employee dies when crushed between dock leveler and trailer

Investigation abstract

At 7:00 p.m. on November 15, 2024, an employee working as a stock handler for a staffing company was removing load locks from materials inside a tractor trailer. The employee was leaving the tractor trailer to go back into the warehouse to store the load locks. At the same time, the truck moved forward just as the employee was stepping onto the dock leveler. The employee fell between the dock leveler and the trailer. The employee was able to walk and tried to move out of the way, but the truck backed up and pinned the employee between the trailer and the dock leveler. The employee died from a fractured pelvis, ribs, and a lacerated internal organs.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 59 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
883

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