Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 167256.015 - Employee dies from asphyxiation when pinned by unsecured PIV

Accident Summary Nr: 167256.015 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 06/07/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1753738.015	06/07/2024		423310	The Keim Company

Abstract: At 11:15 a.m. on June 7, 2024, an employee working as a heavy truck driver for a wood products supplier was unloading a semi-truck trailer by hand onto a Moffit fork-lift (PIV) pallet. During the unloading process, the PIV, which had not been properly secured, began to roll forward and pinned the employee between the PIV and the bed of the trailer. The employee died due to compressive asphyxiation.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Chest, Compressed By, Compression, Contusion, Crushed, Forklift, Industrial Truck, Lack of oxygen, Lung, Material Handling, PIV, Pinned, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Respiratory, Respiratory Tract, Rolled, Struck By, Unloading, Unsecured, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1753738.015	61	M	Fatality		Truck drivers, heavy

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