OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14293963
AGRICULTURE,ROPS,CRUSHED,LOADER,OVERTURN
Event description
Employee killed when crushed under loader
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was clearing manure from a barn with a Clark Bobcat front end loader om a nearby store. The Douglas County Sheriff's Office responded and pronounced Employee #1 dead at the scene. . Apparently, the loader's ROPS had been removed more than eight years ago so it could access barns with low overhead clearances. Evidence indicates that Employ ee #1 had cleaned the barn and backed out the east door onto a dirt access road adjacent to the barn. The dirt road is inclined and the Bobcat was in a side hil l position when it approached the cut bank of the road. The loader's tire tracks indicate that the right side of the loader rose at an angle on the cut bank, th en the loader slid sideways slightly and rolled on its top. Employee #1 was crus hed underneath. A passerby saw the overturned loader and notified authorities fr
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 475
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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