Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 165759.015 - Employee is killed when crushed by PIV which rolled over

Accident Summary Nr: 165759.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 04/15/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1741457.015	04/15/2024		444190	Load N' Go Building Materials Inc.

Abstract: At 1:36 p.m. on April 15, 2024, an employee working as a sales driver for a building materials supplier was delivering rebar bundles to a residential construction site. The employee was operating a Moffett M5500 forklift powered industrial vehicle (PIV) when the PIV tipped over. The employee was not wearing the seatbelt and landed outside the rollover protective structure (ROPS). The employee was crushed by the PIV and died as a result.

Keywords: Caught Between, Construction, Construction vehicle, Crushed, Delivery Work, Driver, Falling Object, Forklift, Industrial Truck, Lack of Engineering Controls, Material Handling, PIV, Powered Industrial Vehicle, ROPS, Rebar, Residential Construction, Roll-Over, Sales, Sales Representative, Seat Belt, Unstable Load

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Other					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1741457.015	43	M	Fatality		Driver-sales workers

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