OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221550692

PLASTIC RECYCLERS SOUTHEAST, INC.

TRINITY, AL— 2023-03-27T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Contusion, Driving, Head, Industrial Truck, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of Work Procedures, Material Handling, Obstructed View, PIV, Plastic, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Run Over, Struck Against, Struck By, Warehouse, Warehouse Aisle
NAICS: 493190
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346600539
Employer profile: PLASTIC RECYCLERS SOUTHEAST, INC.
Summary number: 221550692
Report ID: 0418300

Event description

Employee sustains head trauma when struck by PIV, dies next

Investigation abstract

At 7:00 a.m. on March 27, 2023, an employee working for a plastics recycler had hospitalized. The employee died in the hospital the following morning. parked his forklift off to the left of a designated powered industrial vehicle (PIV) travel lane. The travel lane was located across from the docks between Warehouse 1 and Warehouse 2. The employee was standing next to his PIV when a coworker operating another PIV drove by carrying three large totes. The coworker was driving forward causing the totes to obstruct his view. As a result, he did not see the employee or his parked PIV. The coworker struck the employee throwing him against the parked PIV and then onto the warehouse floor where he landed on his back. The employee sustained unspecified head trauma and was

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 59 M

Event type
6

Occupation code
0

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