OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14506455

CHEST,FRONT END LOADER,SUFFOCATED,AGRICULTURE,ROLL-OVER,ROPS,CRUSHED,SEAT BELT

1984-09-05T07:00:00

Event: CHEST,FRONT END LOADER,SUFFOCATED,AGRICULTURE,ROLL-OVER,ROPS,CRUSHED,SEAT BELT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14506455
Report ID: 830500

Event description

FRONT END LOADER ROLLED OVER

Investigation abstract

AT APPROXIMATELY 7:00 AM ON SEPTEMBER 5, 1984, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DRIVING A MODEL 9 80B CATERPILLAR ARTICULATED FRONT END LOADER, SERIAL NUMBER 89P723. HE WAS DRIVI NG UP A RAMP BETWEEN TWO 100 FEET WIDE BY 900 FEET LONG SILAGE PITS. HE LOST CON TROL OF THE VEHICLE AND WENT ABOUT 20 FEET DOWN THE RAMP AND INTO THE EAST SILAG E PIT, LANDING UPSIDE DOWN. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED AT THE SCENE. HE SUFFOCATED BECAUSE OF THE CRUSHING PRESSURE TO HIS CHEST. THE FRONT END LOADER WAS NOT PROVIDED WI TH A ROPS OR SEAT BELT.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 24 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
5

Event type
2

Source
30

Occupation code
999

Human factor
20

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
2

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