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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221493349

HM GROUP USA/HM SUREROCK INC

Event
Backing Up, Caught Between, Crushed, Crushing, Ejected, Forklift, Ind Trk Operator, Material Handling, ROPS
NAICS
326199
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#346186265
Employer profile
HM GROUP USA/HM SUREROCK INC
Summary number
221493349
Report ID
0950644

Event description

Employee is killed when crushed by falling forklift

Investigation abstract

At 4:04 p.m. on August 29, 2022, an employee was moving pallets of doors from a shipment. The employee was operating a forklift in reverse to pick-up the pallet. As the forklift moved into the path of travel, he was not looking and did not see the edge of the loading dock. The employee drove the forklift off of the loading dock, causing him to be ejected and crushed under the rollover protective structure of the forklift. The employee was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 64 M

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    856

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