OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221486327

TKO POLYMERS, LLC

ATLANTA, GA— 2022-08-01T00:00:00

Event: Backing Up, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Caught Between, Container, Crushed, Crushing, Dock, Door, Internal Injuries, Loading Dock, Palletized Cargo, Pinned, Plastic, Spill, Tractor Trailer, Trailer, Trailer Truck, Unloading
NAICS: 423930
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346133556
Employer profile: TKO POLYMERS, LLC
Summary number: 221486327
Report ID: 0418200

Event description

Employee is crushed and killed when pinned by trailer

Investigation abstract

At 8:30 a.m. on August 1, 2022, an employee was assisting a truck driver with picking up plastic containers that had spilled from an overloaded delivery truck when the rear doors were opened. The truck driver went back to the cab and began to back up the trailer to the dock with the employee still behind the trailer. The employee pinned between the trailer and the dock causing multiple system trauma, which resulted in his death.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 47 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
889

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