Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 178473.015 - Employee dies of multiple injuries when pinned to dock by se

Accident Summary Nr: 178473.015 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 01/23/2025
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1836830.015	01/24/2025		484121	Arlen Roy Vargas

Abstract: At 6:24 p.m. on January 23, 2025, an employee working as a truck driver for a general freight service was walking along an apron near the loading dock. A coworker was backing an 18-wheeler into the dock when the truck struck the employee pinning him against the dock. The employee died from multiple injuries.

Keywords: Abrasion, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Contusion, Crushed, Delivery Work, Dock, Dock Worker, Driver, Driving, Fracture, Freight, Laceration, Loading Dock, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Pinch Point, Pinched, Pinned, Semi Tractor Trailer, Struck By, Tractor--Truck, Trailer Truck, Truck, Truck Driver, Unsafe Position, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1836830.015	39	M	Fatality		Truck drivers, heavy

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