{"id":"2e0a0f74-435d-4f19-af23-882581bf6c80","slug":"osha-golden-state-foods-robotic-palletizer-fatality-2009","kind":"fatality","headline":"OSHA: Worker crushed by robotic palletizer arms after entering active cell at Golden State Foods (2009)","summary":"At about 7:55 a.m. on July 21, 2009, an employee operating a robotic palletizer for Golden State Foods Corp, a food processor and packager, entered the caged robotic palletizer cell while the equipment was running and without de-energizing it. Her torso was crushed by the arms of the robotic palletizer as it attempted to pick up boxes on the roller conveyor, and she was killed. OSHA accident investigation, inspection 312661507.","occurredAt":"2009-07-21T00:00:00.000Z","reviewStatus":"reviewed","modelId":null,"deploymentId":null,"companyId":null,"aliases":[],"collisionRisk":"none","reviewNote":null,"severity":"catastrophic","rootCauseCategory":"human_operator_error","rootCauseDetail":null,"affectedUnitsCount":1,"affectedUnitsBasis":"exact","remediationStatus":"acknowledged","regulatoryAction":"investigation","regulatoryBody":"OSHA","propertyDamageEstimateUsd":null,"damageEstimateBasis":null,"bodilyInjurySeverity":"fatal","fatalityCount":1,"lossCostClass":null,"sourceQualityTier":1,"createdAt":"2026-06-25T10:18:54.667Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-25T10:24:15.331Z","model":null,"deployment":null,"company":null,"derived":{"status":"active"},"sources":[],"responses":[],"statusEvents":[],"jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/incidents/osha-golden-state-foods-robotic-palletizer-fatality-2009","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/incidents/osha-golden-state-foods-robotic-palletizer-fatality-2009","headline":"OSHA: Worker crushed by robotic palletizer arms after entering active cell at Golden State Foods (2009)","description":"At about 7:55 a.m. on July 21, 2009, an employee operating a robotic palletizer for Golden State Foods Corp, a food processor and packager, entered the caged robotic palletizer cell while the equipment was running and without de-energizing it. Her torso was crushed by the arms of the robotic palletizer as it attempted to pick up boxes on the roller conveyor, and she was killed. OSHA accident investigation, inspection 312661507.","identifier":"2e0a0f74-435d-4f19-af23-882581bf6c80","datePublished":"2009-07-21T00:00:00.000Z","articleSection":"fatality","publisher":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"},"author":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"}},"framework_metadata":{"framework_schema_version":"0.1.0","verification_status":"claimed-not-verified","maturity_stage":null,"lifecycle_state":null,"architectural_position":{"cohort":null,"sub_cohorts":[]},"within_cohort_verified_vs_claimed_pair":null,"cap_flags":[],"verification_depth":{"sources_count":0,"primary_source_types":[]}}}