OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14243489
JOSEPH PAOLINO & SONS, INCORPORATED
PHILADELPHIA, PA·
Event description
Operator killed when loader runs through barrier into water
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 had been sent to the northern end of a pier to clean up accumulated trash from an overflowing compacter. He was driving a front-end loader down the eastern side of a building but missed the turn. Employee #1 then drove the loade r through a concrete barrier, cut a 4-inch nylon mooring line, and severed a met al cable. The loader landed upside down in the water. Employee #1 was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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