OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221745136

158338 - WAL-MART STORES EAST, LP

HENDERSON, NC— 2025-02-19T00:00:00

Event: Aerial Truck, Boom Truck, Caught Between, Caught By, Caught In, Head, Material Handling, Pallet
NAICS: 493120
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #348058660
Employer profile: 158338 - WAL-MART STORES EAST, LP
Summary number: 221745136
Report ID: 0453710

Event description

Employee is fatally injured while operating reach truck

Investigation abstract

At 4:48 p.m. on February 19, 2025, Employee #1 was operating a reach truck to remove a pallet from a storage rack approximately 22 feet high. While maneuvering the reach truck within the aisle, the employee leaned out of the safety cage area. Employee #1 became caught between the rear vertical overhead guard support and a lower rack metal support post behind him. Employee #1 sustained fatal injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 30 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
999

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