OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14483465
EJECTED,WHEEL,FRONT END LOADER,DITCH,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,OVERTURN
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by overturned loader
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was operating a front end loader. While negotiating a slow turn, one front wheel of the loader slid into a ditch and the loader overturned, throwing the employee to the ground. The loader fell on Employee #1, killing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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