OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221531387

RISE BAKING COMPANY

COLTON, CA— 2023-01-23T00:00:00

Event: Container, Crushed, Crushing, Falling Object, Forklift, Leaning over, Material Handling, Palletized Cargo, Struck By, Unstable Position
NAICS: 311811
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346455751
Employer profile: RISE BAKING COMPANY
Summary number: 221531387
Report ID: 0950633

Event description

Employee is killed when crushed by falling boxes

Investigation abstract

At 11:30 p.m. on January 23, 2023, an employee was working in the freezer over on top of him. Approximately 60 boxes of product fell onto the employee and he was crushed to death. warehouse area where he was using a forklift to move product. The employee had met with the shift supervisor at the beginning of his shift to go over assignments for the day. The employee had been notified of an audit that had been conducted that day and some items that had been identified as needing correction. One item was straightening the leaning boxes on a pallet. The employee decided to straighten the leaning boxes by pushing on them with his back. The pallet was sitting on sliders and when the employee pushed on the boxes, the sliders caused the pallet to slide away from him while the boxes fell

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 41 M

Event type
1

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