OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14388615
MIAMI ASPHALT CORP.
SIDNEY, OH·
Event description
Employee killed when loader tumbles down bank
Investigation abstract
At approximately 7:45 a.m. on June 25, 1987, Employee #1 was operating a front e nd loader at an asphalt mixing plant located at a gravel pit. He was at the top of a ramp filling hoppers for the plant. At the bottom of the ramp, a roadway ra n along the edge of the pit. There was no guard or berm at the exposed edge. Whi le backing down the ramp and turning onto the roadway, Employee #1 apparently mi scalculated or lost control of the loader, which tumbled 15 or 20 feet over the bank to the level below. Employee #1 was thrown from the seat and a tire of the loader landed on him as the machine followed him downhill. He was crushed and ki lled.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 699
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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