OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14396972

DURWOOD GREENE CONSTRUCTION CO.

AUSTIN, TX· 1987-10-06T00:00:00

Event: WHEEL, HEAD, FRONT END LOADER, ROPE, STRUCK AGAINST, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, RIDING ON EQUIPMENT, FALL, ENTANGLED
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #102339504
Employer profile: DURWOOD GREENE CONSTRUCTION CO.
Summary number: 14396972
Report ID: 625400

Event description

Employee killed in fall from front end loader

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a laborer, was riding with the operator in a front end loader when a rope he was carrying became caught in a wheel of the loader. Employee #1 was p ulled down and struck his head on the wheel, sustaining injuries that eventually led to his death.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 39 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
6

Source
30

Occupation code
999

Human factor
4

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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