OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221720139

76468 - VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH

NORTH AUGUSTA, SC— 2024-11-13T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chef, Concussion, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Food Handling, Head, Loading, Lost Balance, Trailer, Trailer Truck, Truck, Walking Surface, Work Surface
NAICS: 813110
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347891681
Employer profile: 76468 - VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH
Summary number: 221720139
Report ID: 0454510

Event description

Employee dies of head trauma in fall after loading trailer

Investigation abstract

At 7:30 a.m. on November 9, 2024, an employee working as a chef for a church had finished loading boxed lunches into a refrigerated Ryder box truck (Vehicle No. 672568). The employee was walking backwards towards the open end of the trailer when he staggered and fell out of the truck approximately 40 inches striking his head on the ground. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital where he remained for several days. At 4:45 p.m. on November 13, 2024, the employee died from blunt force trauma to his head and related injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 53 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
999

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