Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 148632.015 - Employee is crushed and killed when pinned by trailer

Accident Summary Nr: 148632.015 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 08/01/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1613355.015	08/04/2022		423930	Tko Polymers, Llc

Abstract: At 8:30 a.m. on August 1, 2022, an employee was assisting a truck driver with picking up plastic containers that had spilled from an overloaded delivery truck when the rear doors were opened. The truck driver went back to the cab and began to back up the trailer to the dock with the employee still behind the trailer. The employee pinned between the trailer and the dock causing multiple system trauma, which resulted in his death.

Keywords: Backing Up, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Caught Between, Container, Crushed, Crushing, Dock, Door, Internal Injuries, Loading Dock, Palletized Cargo, Pinned, Plastic, Spill, Tractor Trailer, Trailer, Trailer Truck, Unloading

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1613355.015	47	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction

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