OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14340327
UNCONSCIOUSNESS,FRONT END LOADER,CRUSHED,SEAT BELT,FALL,RUN OVER
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL FROM FRONT END LOADER; RUN OVER AND KILLED
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WENT TO THE SCALE OFFICE TO INFORM HIS SUPERVISOR THAT HE WAS GOING TO TAKE THE FORD FRONT END LOADER, SERIAL NUMBER CLI8174, COMPANY NUMBER T315, T O CLEAN UP AROUND THE SLASHER SAW. THE DISTANCE FROM THE SCALE OFFICE TO THE SLA SHER SAW IS ABOUT 200 YARDS. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OBSERVED BY THE SUPERVISOR FROM A W INDOW IN THE SCALE OFFICE. ABOUT 150 YARDS FROM THE SCALE OFFICE, EMPLOYEE #1 BE GAN TO SLUMP FORWARD IN HIS SEAT WHILE THE LOADER CONTINUED TO THE EAST. EMPLOYE E #1'S HAT FELL TO THE GROUND. THE LOADER THEN HIT A DITCH, KNOCKING EMPLOYEE #1 FROM THE LOADER'S CAB. EMPLOYEE #1 FELL TO THE GROUND AND WAS RUN OVER BY THE R IGHT REAR TIRE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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