OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14400030
EJECTED,FRONT END LOADER,PINNED,ROPS,CONSTRUCTION,TREE,STRUCK BY,LOST CONTROL,SLOPE,OVERTURN
Event description
Employee killed when pinned against tree by front end loader
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was driving a front end loader on a highway when he lost control of the vehicle. He was thrown from the loader and rolled with it down a ditch. Empl oyee #1 was killed when he was pinned against a tree by the loader. The loader w as not equipped with a rollover protective structure.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 52 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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