OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14494744
FRONT END LOADER,BRAKE,ROPS,SEAT BELT,HEAT EXHAUSTION,LOST CONTROL,OVERTURN
Event description
FRONT END LOADER OVERTURNED, CRUSHING OPERATOR
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, PERFORMING HIS REGULARLY ASSIGNED TASK AS AN EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, WA A ROPS OR SEAT BELT. EMPLOYEE #2, WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THE EFFORT TO TO RESCUE EM PLOYEE #1, SUFFERED FROM HEAT EXHAUSTION AND WAS HOSPITALIZED. S PULLING A SOCK LINE BETWEEN TWO POWER POLES. TO DO THIS, HE CHOSE TO USE THE F RONT END LOADER LOCATED ON SITE. HE WAS MOVING UPHILL TOWARD THE STRUCTURE TO WH ICH THE LINES WERE TO BE CONNECTED WHEN THE DIESEL ENGINE ON THE LOADER DIED. TH IS CAUSED THE LOADER TO LOOSE ITS BRAKES, BECAUSE THE REGULAR BRAKES WERE POWER ASSISTED AND IT HAD NO EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE LOADER COASTED BACKWARDS DOWN THE HI LL, ONLY MARGINALLY UNDER CONTROL OF THE OPERATOR. AFTER RUNNING INTO A DITCH AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL, THE LOADER OVERTURNED, CRUSHING THE OPERATOR, WHO HAD B EEN THROWN OUT OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT. THE FRONT END LOADER WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 15
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 10
- Source
- 23
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 16
- Environmental factor
- 11
- Task assigned
- 2
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