OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221601990

DELAWARE RIVER STEVEDORES, INC.

PHILADELPHIA, PA— 2023-09-25T00:00:00

Event: Bale, Blunt force trauma, Clamp, Crushed, Falling Object, Head, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Struck By, Warehouse
NAICS: 488320
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346993199
Employer profile: DELAWARE RIVER STEVEDORES, INC.
Summary number: 221601990
Report ID: 0317000

Event description

Employee is killed when crushed by bale

Investigation abstract

At 11:00 a.m. on September 25, 2023, Employee #1 was moving wood pulp bales from one area of the warehouse to another. Employee #1 was operating a powered industrial truck with a bale clamp. The clamp hit a leaning bale from a stack next to where he was working. The bales are stacked on top of each other, three high. The middle bale fell onto the cab of the powered industrial truck, breaking the glass of the truck. Employee #1 exited the powered industrial truck quickly, and then the top bale fell onto Employee #1 as he exited the cab. Employee #1's head was crushed by the bale. Employee #1 was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 31 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
845

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