OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221509508
MBBK, LLC
KEMAH, TX—
Event description
Employee is killed when crushed by boxes
Investigation abstract
At 2:00 p.m. on October 26, 2022, Employee #1 was part of a crew that was removing boxes from a crate and transporting the boxes to the inside of a building. Employee #1 was inside strapping the boxes together and during the process, 13 boxes fell forward and crushed the employee. The employee was killed due to injuries to the lower abdomen. Each box weighed approximately 75-80 pounds, and the dimensions of each box were 58 feet x 78 feet.
Victim
-
#1 Fatality Age 67 M
- Event type
- 1
- Occupation code
- 579
Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.