OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14394282

LONGSHORING,HEAD,LOADER/BACKHOE,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,BACKING UP

1988-10-27T00:00:00

Event: LONGSHORING,HEAD,LOADER/BACKHOE,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,BACKING UP
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14394282
Report ID: 625700

Event description

Employee killed when crushed between backhoe bucket and ship

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was shoveling loose chrome ore in the hold of a vessel when a Case 5 80 front end loader/backhoe moved backward, striking him in the head and crushin g it between the backhoe bucket and the rib of the vessel. Employee #1 was kille d.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 25 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
1

Task assigned
1

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