OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221505423

PIKES PEAK MOVING AND STORAGE L.L.C.

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO— 2022-10-14T00:00:00

Event: Crate, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Falling Object, Forklift, Head, Unstable Load, Unstable Position
NAICS: 484210
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346286446
Employer profile: PIKES PEAK MOVING AND STORAGE L.L.C.
Summary number: 221505423
Report ID: 0830600

Event description

Employee is killed in fall from elevation inside of crate

Investigation abstract

At 11:15 a.m. on October 14, 2022, an employee was in the inside of a moving crate, which was at an elevation of 8 feet and resting on the forks of a forklift. The employee was removing trash from the crate and throwing it into a roll-off dumpster. The crate became unstable and fell off the forks with the employee inside. The employee suffered a fatal head injury as a result.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 57 M

Event type
5

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