OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14236335
LAKE SHORE EQUIPMENT, INC.
BLUE DIAMOND, NV·
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED TO DEATH UNDER LOADER TRANSMISSION
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INSTALLING A TRANSMISSION IN A FRONT END-LOADER. HE WAS USING A HYDRAULIC BOOM WINCH TO RAISE THE TRANSMISSION. A PORTABLE SLAVE UNIT WAS BEING USED TO CONTROL THE WINCH. FOR EASE OF ACCESS BY EMPLOYEE #1, THE CONTROL PANEL WAS ORIENTED TO HIM UPSIDE DOWN. HE ATTEMPTED TO ACTIVATE THE WINCH, BUT, BECAUS E OF THE UNFAMILIAR ORIENTATION OF THE CONTROL PANEL, ACTIVATED THE BOOM INSTEAD . THE TRANSMISSION LOWERED ONTO HIS CHEST, CRUSHING HIM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 516
- Human factor
- 5
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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