Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1799633.015 - Niagara Bottling Llc

Inspection Information - Office: Austin Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1799633.015

Report ID: 0625400

Date Opened: 01/24/2025

Site Address:
Niagara Bottling Llc
1730 8th Street
Seguin, TX 78155

Mailing Address:
1730 8th Street, Seguin, TX 78155

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 312112/Bottled Water Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 01/24/2025

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 07/23/2025

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety
Referral	2327899	Yes
Inspection	1835680	Yes
Inspection	1836830	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 173669.015

Event: 01/23/2025

Employee is killed when pinned between backing up semi truck

At 6:24 p.m. on January 23, 2025, an employee working as a truck driver for a bottling company was walking along the apron near a loading dock. A coworker was backing a semi tractor trailer truck (18-wheeler) into the dock when he struck the employee crushing him against the dock. The employee died from crush injuries including fractures, lacerations, contusions, abrasions and asphyxiation.

Keywords: Abrasion, Asphyxiated, Backing Up, Contusion, Crushed, Delivery Work, Dock, 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, Trapped, Truck, Truck Driver, Unsafe Position, Work Surface

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1799633.015	39	M	Fatality		Truck drivers, heavy

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