OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221590292

TKO POLYMERS, LLC

ATLANTA, GA— 2022-08-04T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Container, Crushed, Distracted, Distracted driving, Dock, Driver, Material Handling, Motor Vehicle, Overloaded, Pinned, Spill, Struck Against, Struck By, Trailer Truck, Truck, Truck Driver, Work Surface
NAICS: 423930
Inspection type: Follow-up
Activity number: #346908890
Employer profile: TKO POLYMERS, LLC
Summary number: 221590292
Report ID: 0418200

Event description

Employee dies from multiple trauma when pinned by semi truck

Investigation abstract

At 9:15 p.m. on August 4, 2022, an employee working as a laborer for a recycled materials wholesaler was assisting a coworker (truck driver) with picking up plastic containers. The containers had spilled from the overloaded delivery truck. The coworker struck the employee with the truck pinning him between the truck and the dock. The employee died from multiple system trauma.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 47 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
889

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