OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221727662

JP WAREHOUSING

FONTANA, CA— 2024-12-17T00:00:00

Event: Backing Up, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Collision, Concrete Floor, Driver, Driving, Ejected, Equipment Operator, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Forklift, Industrial Truck, Material Handling, Motor Vehicle, Order-picker, PIV, Person, Picking, Picking an order, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Tips Over, Warehouse, Warehouse Aisle
NAICS: 493110
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347940611
Employer profile: JP WAREHOUSING
Summary number: 221727662
Report ID: 0950633

Event description

Employee is killed while operating PIV, struck by other PIV

Investigation abstract

At 1:05 p.m. on December 17, 2024, an employee was working as a powered from the operator platform. The employee died from multiple injuries received from impact with the concrete floor. industrial vehicle (PIV) operator for a warehouse. The employee was working in aisle 13/14 approximately 3/4 of the way down from west to east. The employee was operating a cherry picker to obtain orders. The employee had the PIV fully raised to access the top of the shelving unit. A coworker operating a turret forklift entered the aisle at the west end and traveled east towards the employee. The coworker was driving the forklift backwards with the forks aimed west as he drove east. The forklift struck the employee's PIV causing the cherry picker to fall over. When the PIV struck the ground, the employee was ejected

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 31 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
856

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