OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14466098

HIGHWAY,FRONT END LOADER,TRAFFIC ACCIDENT,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,EARTHMOVING EQUIP,FLAGMAN,COLLISION,STRUCK BY,RUN OVER

1987-01-31T00:00:00

Event: HIGHWAY,FRONT END LOADER,TRAFFIC ACCIDENT,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,EARTHMOVING EQUIP,FLAGMAN,COLLISION,STRUCK BY,RUN OVER
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14466098
Report ID: 626300

Event description

Employee killed when run over by front end loader

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was driving a front end loader within the blocked-off area of the ce nter median and inside lane of a four-lane highway. The traffic in the remaining three lanes was moving at full speed. The front end loader and a dump truck cro ssed almost diagonally from the center median to the side of the freeway without a flagman or any other traffic-slowing effort. The front end loader was struck broadside by a half-ton truck. Employee #1 was thrown off and run over by the lo ader. He was killed. The loader was equipped with ROPS and a seat belt, but Empl oyee #1 did not have the belt buckled.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 50 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
4

Event type
1

Source
30

Occupation code
999

Human factor
9

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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