Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221488729

SBM MANAGEMENT LP DBA SBM SITE SERVICES

Event
Bale, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Crushed, Falling Object, Pinned, Stacked, Struck By, Torso
NAICS
561720
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#346151210
Employer profile
SBM MANAGEMENT LP DBA SBM SITE SERVICES
Summary number
221488729
Report ID
0552652

Event description

Employee is killed when crushed by cardboard bale

Investigation abstract

At 2:30 p.m. on August 5, 2022, an employee was standing next to two double stacked cardboard bales, each weighing approximately 2,000 pounds, when the top cardboard bale slid off bottom bale and onto him. The employee was pinned to the ground until the bale could be removed. The employee was hospitalized for 11 days before dying from his injuries.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 59 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    453

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