OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221728298

SFC GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN, INC.

BROOKLYN, NY— 2024-12-14T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Floor, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Forklift, Fracture, Head, Industrial Truck, Lost Balance, Metal Rail, Neck, PIV, Pallet, Platform, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Raised platform, Stocking, Struck Against, Warehouse, Wrong Equipment
NAICS: 424410
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347944118
Employer profile: SFC GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN, INC.
Summary number: 221728298
Report ID: 0215000

Event description

Employee dies from head trauma in fall off elevated pallet

Investigation abstract

At 4:22 p.m. on December 14, 2024, an employee working as stock handler for a grocery supplier was working from a pallet elevated by a forklift. The employee lost his balance, stumbled and fell to the concrete floor below. The employee died from head and neck trauma due to impact with a metal rail followed by the floor.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 67 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
883

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