OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221551211

UPS SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS, INC.

LONDONDERRY, NH— 2023-03-31T00:00:00

Event: Attachment, Attachment Hook, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Climbing, Concrete Floor, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Floor, Forklift, Harness, Head, Lift, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Order-picker, PIV, PPE, Package Delivery, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Storage Rack, Warehouse
NAICS: 493110
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346604853
Employer profile: UPS SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS, INC.
Summary number: 221551211
Report ID: 0111700

Event description

Employee is killed from head injury in fall from shelving

Investigation abstract

At 8:30 a.m. on March 31, 2023, an employee working as a shipping clerk for a package delivery service was performing order counts for the warehouse using a high lift order picker. The employee unhooked his harness from the lift and climbed onto the top of a shelving unit. The employee fell from the top of the shelving approximately 30 feet to the floor below. The employee died from a severe head injury due to impact with the concrete floor.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 28 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
364

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