UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on July 11, 2022, an employee was delivering an appliance to a pri vate residence and was standing at the back lift of the straight truck that was parked on a 2-way residential street. While the employee was lowering the applia nce using the back lift of the straight truck, two coworkers approached him to m ove the appliance from the lift to the private residence for delivery. A passeng er vehicle traveling in the same lane as the parked delivery truck failed to see that the straight truck was stopped and had its emergency flashing lights activ ated. The passenger vehicle struck the back of the stopped delivery straight tru ck, striking the employee and pinning him between the two vehicles. The employee sustaining crushing injuries in the impact, and first responders pronounced the employee dead at the scene. The two coworkers were struck by debris generated f rom the collision between the vehicles, but did not require hospitalization. Th e emergency flashing lights on the delivery straight truck were working properly at the time of the incident.