OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221726466

DAWN FOOD PRODUCTS, INC.

DENVER, CO— 2024-12-11T00:00:00

Event: Abdomen, Asphyxiated, Back, Caught Between, Collision, Distracted, Distracted driving, Driver, Driving, Engineering Controls, Food service, Fracture, Industrial Truck, Lack of Engineering Controls, Material Handling, Motor Vehicle, PIV, Pinned, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Storage Area, Storage Rack, Struck Against, Supervisor, Trapped, Warehouse, Warehouse Aisle
NAICS: 423850
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347933376
Employer profile: DAWN FOOD PRODUCTS, INC.
Summary number: 221726466
Report ID: 0830500

Event description

Employee dies from possible asphyxia when pinned by rack and

Investigation abstract

At 8:00 p.m. on December 11, 2024, an employee working as a supervisor for a food storage warehouse was operating a powered industrial vehicle (PIV) making rounds around a warehouse. The employee ran his PIV into a pallet racking system and became caught between the beam of the shelf and the console of the PIV. The employee died of unknown causes, but was possibly asphyxiated.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 55 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
307

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