Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 159029.015 - Employee dies from multiple trauma when pinned by semi truck

Accident Summary Nr: 159029.015 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 08/04/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1690889.015	08/15/2023		423930	Tko Polymers, Llc

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.

Keywords: 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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1690889.015	47	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction

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