Inspection Detail

Note: The following inspection has not been indicated as closed. OSHA citation items will be posted 30 (thirty) days after the employer receives the citation(s), except in cases of significant public interest. Posted citation items reflect any amendments to citations that are the result of a prompt settlement, which OSHA encourages. Employers and employee representatives will continue to receive copies of the citation(s) upon issuance.

Inspection: 1764775.015 - Onsite Refrigeration Services Llc

Inspection Information - Office: Little Rock Area Office

Investigation Summary

At 1:15 a.m. on July 27, 2024, an employee working as a construction laborer for a mechanical contractor was driving a Unicarrier Forklift (PIV) along the east side of a department store. The employee drove around a shelter at the northeast corner of the store. The employee was driving the PIV onto a slope when the front right tire left the edge of the compacted earth and sunk into the adjacent softer soil. The PIV tipped over and the cage came to a rest on top of the employee. The employee sustained a subtotal amputation of his left arm, a fractured humerus, multiple pelvic fractures, bilateral conjunctival and scleral hemorrhage and vascular congestion of the chest, neck, and face. The employee died from traumatic compression and blunt force injury.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Construction, Construction vehicle, Department Store, Driving, Forklift, Industrial Truck, Inexperience, Insufficient Supervision, Laborer, Lack of Work Procedures, Material Handling, Motor Vehicle, Overturn, PIV, Pinned, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Rolled, Safety Cage, Slope, Unstable Position, Unstable Soil, Work Surface