OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221550833

DEEP SOUTH EQUIPMENT

BATON ROUGE, LA— 2023-03-29T00:00:00

Event: Caught Between, Chest, Crushed, Falling Object, Forklift, Head, Industrial Truck, Material Handling, Mechanic, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Neck, PIV, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Repair, Unstable Load
NAICS: 493110
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346602311
Employer profile: DEEP SOUTH EQUIPMENT
Summary number: 221550833
Report ID: 0625700

Event description

Employee dies when crushed while working under falling PIV

Investigation abstract

At 1:30 p.m. on March 29, 2023, an employee working as a mechanic for a warehousing and storage business was repairing a forklift powered industrial vehicle (PIV). The employee was working under the PIV when it fell on him. The employee was crushed and died.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 67 M

Event type
2

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