OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14552566
FRONT END LOADER,WORK RULES,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,RIDING ON EQUIPMENT,STEEP GRADE,CRUSHED,FALL,RUN OVER,SLOPE
Event description
EMPLOYEE RIDING ON LOADER FELL OFF; RUN OVER AND KILLED
Investigation abstract
AT THE END OF THE WORK DAY, EMPLOYEE #1 HITCHED A RIDE ON THE SIDE STEP OF A FRO NT END LOADER. HE AND THE LOADER OPERATOR WERE GOING TO A TRAILER TO "PUNCH OUT" . THE LOADER WAS A CASE BMODEL 580 SUPER E FRONT END LOADER/BACKHOE. THEY WERE T RAVELLING DOWN ABOUT A 6% GRADE. ABOUT 60 FEET FROM THE TRAILER, EMPLOYEE #1 FEL L OFF THE 2 INCH BY 14 INCH STEP, LOCATED ABOUT 12 1/2 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND, AND WAS RUN OVER BY THE LOADER'S WHEELS. HE WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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