Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170316.015 - Employee is killed when crushed by machinery

Accident Summary Nr: 170316.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 09/19/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1776830.015	09/19/2024		484210	Pedowitz Machinery Movers Of Florida, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:59 p.m. on September 19, 2024, Employee #1 was guiding a powered industrial truck operator over a raised concrete ramp, approximately 1.5 inches high, while the truck was carrying a 6,500-pound piece of machinery. The employee was standing between the machinery loaded on the powered industrial truck and a concrete block wall when the machinery fell off the truck, pinning the employee between the concrete wall and the machinery. The employee was fatally crushed in the chest by the machinery.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Caught Between, Caught By, Caught In, Concrete, Crushed, Pit, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Truck

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1776830.015	48	M	Fatality		Motor transportation occuputions n.e.c.

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