OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14490189
LOADER/BACKHOE,VEHICLE IN GEAR,BRAKE,WORK RULES,EARTHMOVING EQUIP,RUN OVER,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee killed when run over by loader/backhoe
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, age 19, was helping the company owner and a coworker construct a ne e vehicle, and dragged approximately 7 feet by the backhoe attachment. Employee #1 was killed. Subsequent investigation revealed that the left-hand reverse leve r had been in the 'neutral' position and that the right-hand shift lever had bee n in the '1-2' position, the gear just before 'park'. w concrete boat launch ramp. The owner told him to use the John Deere loader/bac khoe, model 2010W, serial #47146, to bring an H-beam to the ramp area. Employee #1 followed instructions, resting the beam behind the loader bucket on the bucke t arms. He drove the machine about halfway down the boat ramp incline, then stop ped to let the coworker and the owner remove the beam. Employee #1 had dismounte d to lend a hand when the coworker noticed the machine was starting to roll. Emp loyee #1 stood on the ground and reached inside the cab in an attempt to stop it using the control levers. He was knocked down, run over by the rear wheel of th
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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