OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14300842
CLEARANCE,FRONT END LOADER,WORK RULES,LOAD SHIFT,ROPS,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,UNSTABLE LOAD
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by rollover protection
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was removing the 2,000 lb ROPS from a crawler-mounted type 977 front end loader in preparation for the removal and repair of its transmission. He ha d attached a three-point chain hookup to the ROPS and was standing on the crawle r track using the remote control for the overhead hoist. While Employee #1 was m oving the ROPS away from the crawler, the load shifted, causing the front chain hookup to pop out of its hook. The ROPS swung, smashing Employee #1 between itse lf and the hood of the front end loader. He was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 516
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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