OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221778145

CASA FURNITURE

LOS LUNAS, NM— 2025-02-22T00:00:00

Event: Backing Up, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Box truck, Caught Between, Crushed, Delivery Work, Guide, Lost Control, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Person, Sales, Sales Representative, Spotter, Spotting, Struck Against, Struck By, Truck, Truck Driver, Unsafe Position, Vehicle In Gear
NAICS: 442110
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #348322363
Employer profile: CASA FURNITURE
Summary number: 221778145
Report ID: 0653510

Event description

Employee is fatally injured while spotting delivery truck dr

Investigation abstract

At 1:00 p.m. on February 22, 2025, Employee #1 was working as a sales driver for a furniture store and was assigned to deliver furniture to a residence with a coworker. The employee was guiding the coworker backing up the delivery truck. The coworker got out of the truck to see how much space they had between the truck and the home. The coworker had placed the vehicle in reverse instead of neutral. The coworker attempted to jump back in to slam on the brakes, but instead stepped on the gas striking the employee. The employee sustained fatal injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 46 M

Event type
6

Occupation code
806

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