OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221490279

RHETECH LLC

FOWLERVILLE, MI— 2022-08-22T00:00:00

Event: Asphyxiated, Concrete Floor, Crushed, Crushing, Falling Object, Plastic Mfg, Stack, Stacked, Struck By, Unsecured, Unstable Load
NAICS: 326199
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346164296
Employer profile: RHETECH LLC
Summary number: 221490279
Report ID: 0552652

Event description

Employee Is Killed By Asphyxiation When Crushed By Large Bag

Investigation abstract

At 6:45 p.m. on August 22, 2022, an employee was attempting to seal a leaking bag of plastic media at a plastics product manufacturing facility. The leaking bag was underneath of a second 2,000 pound bag of plastic media, and the shifting material caused the bag stacked on top to fall onto the employee. The employee was crushed between the bag of plastic media and the cement floor and was killed by asphyxiation.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 31 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
883

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