OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221540990

FLOOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

PLANT CITY, FL— 2023-02-24T00:00:00

Event: Backing Up, Caught Between, Chest, Crushed, Driving, Ejected, Equipment Operator, Forklift, Fracture, Industrial Truck, Lost Control, Motor Vehicle, PIV, Pinned, Powered Industrial Vehicle, ROPS, Roll-Over, Safety Device, Seat Belt, Trailer, Uneven Ground, Warehouse, Work Surface
NAICS: 493190
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346529126
Employer profile: FLOOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Summary number: 221540990
Report ID: 0420600

Event description

Employee is killed after chest is crushed by PIV that rolls

Investigation abstract

At 6:52 p.m. on February 24, 2023, an employee working as an equipment operator for a warehouse was backing up a forklift. He was located in the yard pulling a trailer to move it closer to a site near a building as instructed by a coworker (manager). The employee backed up into a pothole causing the forklift to become unbalanced and tip over. The employee was ejected from the forklift and struck in the chest by the forklift cage. He was pinned to the ground crushing his chest. Coworkers responded and used a skid steer to lift the forklift off the employee, but he had died.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 24 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
853

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