The accident investigation below was opened on Friday, March 14th 2014 by OSHA representitives in Orwigsburg, PA after learning of an incident at Classtex Knitting Mills Inc which had occured on the same day. A 66 year old Knitting had been killed when the employee was run over by a delivery truck
Accident Date2014-03-14
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeOn March 14, 2014, Employee #1 was standing on the ground guiding a Glen Raven Logistics tractor trailer truck that was driven by a 75-year old co-worker into the dock to make a delivery. Another co-worker, who witnessed the incident, st ated that Employee #1 walked along the side of the truck yelling, "no, no, no", to the driver because the driver had hit the neighbor's fence and bushes. The n the co-worker (witness) went inside. Later the driver was inside and Employe e #1 did not come inside. When the co-worker went outside to find Employee #1, he found him lying on the side of the alley that led to the dock. He reported it looked like Employee #1 had been run over and was killed by the truck.