OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14557680

KARLER PACKING COMPANY, INC.

ALBUQUERQUE, NM· 1986-04-25T00:00:00

Event: FRONT END LOADER, ROLL-OVER, ROPS, CRUSHED, PIT, INATTENTION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #102040235
Employer profile: KARLER PACKING COMPANY, INC.
Summary number: 14557680
Report ID: 653510

Event description

EMPLOYEE CRUSHED WHEN FRONT END LOADER ROLLED INTO PIT

Investigation abstract

THE EMPLOYEE HAD JUST STARTED HIS WORK SHIFT. HIS TASK FOR THE MORNING WAS TO MI X BLOOD FROM THE SLAUGHTER HOUSE WITH DIRT TO MAKE AN IRON-RICH COMPOST. HE WAS DRIVING A 1972 MICHIGAN LOADER WHICH HAD NOT BEEN RETROFITTED WITH A ROLL-OVER P ROTECTIVE STRUCTURE. AS HE WAS RETURNING TO THE MIXING PIT WITH A BUCKET LOAD OF COMPOST, THE BACK WHEEL OF THE LOADER WENT OVER THE EDGE OF THE PIT. THE LOADER FELL INTO THE PIT, LANDING ON ITS TOP. THE NON-ROPS CAB COLLAPSED, CRUSHING THE DRIVER (EMPLOYEE #1) TO DEATH.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 24 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
19

Event type
2

Source
30

Occupation code
856

Human factor
5

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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