Delivery Driver Fatally Injured in Fall

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  On July 12, 2004, a driver employed for 18 years by a commercial bakery suffered a fatal head injury while unloading his truck. The incident happened at the loading dock inside the warehouse of the bakery's distribution center. The driver parked his delivery vehicle parallel to the loading dock and, using the truck's side door, unloaded empty bread racks and other items. The truck was positioned 4 feet from the loading dock and a metal dock plate was positioned from the side door of the truck to the loading dock. The loading dock stood 4 feet 3 inches above the concrete floor of the distribution center. The truck bed was 4 feet above the floor. There was a standard guardrail system around the perimeter of the loading dock. After emptying the truck the driver was observed tidying-up the loading dock. Several minutes later a coworker found him lying on his back on the concrete floor between the loading dock and the truck. The dock plate was detached from the truck and was found resting on the floor of the loading dock. The driver was bleeding from his head. He was taken to a hospital where he died of his injuries two days later. The coroner determined that the victim died of "blunt head trauma" as a result of a fall. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents Accidents, Occupational Mortality Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety Transportation
• Keywords:
  Accident Analysis Dockworkers Falls Fatalities Occupational Accidents Transportation Workers Traumatic Injuries Truck Drivers Trucking
• Publisher:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20058311
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 90-01-2007, 2007 Jan; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Delivery driver fatally injured in fall
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c7ad7ca34e678f70783d8feb5021223579c2f080ef2980bb80547c76665321b23a97eab8e0e839f398072fc979fa4b3fdd06c53cea255e1243cd2e8a0a78445b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/221437/cdc_221437_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 137.37 KB ]