Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 150123.015 - Employee repairing elevator is killed when crushed by platfo

Accident Summary Nr: 150123.015 -- Report ID: 0355111 -- Event Date: 09/30/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1625642.015	09/30/2022		493120	Perdue Foods, Llc

Abstract: At 7:00 a.m. on September 30, 2022, an employee was performing maintenance on the North Side Ultrafast Elevator (Autoquip-American Lifts: Tork lift) in the picking aisle of a refridgerated meat storage warehouse. The employee entered the cage and depressurized the hydraulic line causing the platform to collapse on top of him. The employee's abdoman was crushed by the equipment and killed.

Keywords: Abdomen, Asphyxiated, Crushed, Defective Equipment, Elevator, Falling Object, Hydraulic, Hydraulic Equipment, Insufficient Supervision, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Pinch Point, Platform, Repair, Warehouse

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1625642.015	51	M	Fatality		Helpers, mechanics and repairers

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