The accident investigation below was opened on Friday, March 14th 2014 by OSHA representitives in Orwigsburg, PA which had occured previously at Classtex Knitting Mills Inc. 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.