OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221588908

EMPIRE TRUCK FREIGHT

SAN ANTONIO, TX— 2023-08-05T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Climbing, Concrete Floor, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Head, Skull, Slip, Trailer, Truck Driver, Unloading
NAICS: 484121
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #346899297
Employer profile: EMPIRE TRUCK FREIGHT
Summary number: 221588908
Report ID: 0625500

Event description

Employee is killed in fall from trailer

Investigation abstract

At 2:00 p.m. on August 5, 2023, an employe, a truck driver, was attempting to climb onto the back portion of the trailer to open it for unloading when he slipped and fell and hit his head on the concrete floor. The employee suffered a skull fracture and died.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 40 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
804

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