Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221614282

106801 - SENECA FOODS CORPORATION

Event
Collapse, Crushed, Falling Object, Stack
NAICS
311421
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#347035388
Employer profile
106801 - SENECA FOODS CORPORATION
Summary number
221614282
Report ID
0552700

Event description

Employee is killed when crushed by falling stack of cardboar

Investigation abstract

At 12:09 p.m. on October 5, 2023, an employee was killed when a stack of cardboard totes filled with corn cobs collapsed onto him, crushing him. An initial stack collapse had incapacitated the employee, and a second stack collapse moments later crushed him. The initial stack collapse was witnessed by six employees, while the second collapse was witnessed by one employee. The employee was extricated from the debris and pronounced dead on the scene.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 58 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    999

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