OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221487044

J PEARCE & SON, INC

WEST SENECA, NY— 2022-08-11T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Brain, Crushed, Crushing, Driving, Forklift, Head, Lift operator, Moving, Overturn, Pallet, Palletized Cargo, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Skull
NAICS: 238110
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346139884
Employer profile: J PEARCE & SON, INC
Summary number: 221487044
Report ID: 0213600

Event description

Employee is killed when forklift overturns

Investigation abstract

At 9:30 a.m. on August 11, 2022, an employee was operating a Clark CFY40B forklift, moving pallets and equipment in the backyard, when he took a sharp left turn on gravel and the forklift overturn on it's right side. The employee's head was crushed between the forklift and the ground causing his death.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 27 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
588

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