Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 172697.015 - Employee dies from head trauma when crushed by falling PIV l

Accident Summary Nr: 172697.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 12/13/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1793654.015	12/16/2024		445110	Mutee Hamayel, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:45 a.m. on December 13, 2024, an employee working as a purchasing manager for a supermarket was providing directions to a coworker operating a 8FCU20 Toyota Forklift powered industrial vehicle (PIV). The employee was guiding the PIV as they unloaded palletized walk-in freezer components from an enclosed delivery truck. The coworker positioned the PIV forks under a palletized load of wall panels which weighed approximately 3,000 pounds. The employee provided directions to the coworker as the operator raised the load and began driving backward from the truck. While removing the load from the truck, the load shifted and the banding straps failed. The load fell to the side and crushed the employee against the asphalt pavement. The employee was transported by emergency medical services to the hospital, where he died due to blunt force trauma to his head.

Keywords: Asphalt, Backing Up, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broke, Contusion, Crushed, Driving, Falling Object, Forklift, Fracture, Freezer, Grocery Store, Guide, Head, Industrial Truck, Lack of Work Procedures, Manager, Material Handling, Metal, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Off Loading, PIV, Pallet, Palletized Cargo, Pavement, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Skull, Strap, Struck Against, Struck By, Tie-Down Strap, Trailer, Trailer Truck, Unloading, Unsafe Position, Unsecured, Unsecured Panel

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1793654.015	38	M	Fatality		Purchasing managers

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