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Accident Summary Nr: 173945.015 - Employee dies of multiple injuries when pinned by falling sh

Accident Summary Nr: 173945.015 -- Report ID: 0951510 -- Event Date: 01/23/2025
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1801756.015	01/23/2025		444190	Island Home Building Materials Inc

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on January 23, 2025,Employee #1, working as sales worker for a building materials supplier, was standing inside a 40-foot shipping container. Employee #1 was assisting a coworker who was operating a forklift unloading wooden crates of countertops weighing over 3,000 pounds. While still inside the container, a crate of countertops that were double stacked on each other had shifted and pinned Employee #1, causing multiple fatal injuries.

Keywords: Caught Between, Container, Containerized Cargo, Crate, Crushed, Falling Object, Forklift, Fracture, Head, Industrial Truck, Lack of Work Procedures, Material Handling, Metal container, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Neck, PIV, Pinned, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Sales, Sales Representative, Skull, Training, Unloading, Unsafe Position, Unstable Load, Warehouse

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1801756.015	57	M	Fatality		Sales workers, hardware and building supplies

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