OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221406648

D & K LAWN CARE, LLC

SIOUX FALLS, SD· 2021-10-29T00:00:00

Event: Backing Up, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Crushed, Front End Loader, Run Over, Struck By, Torso
NAICS: 561730
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345609614
Employer profile: D & K LAWN CARE, LLC
Summary number: 221406648
Report ID: 0830400

Event description

Employee is killed when struck by backing wheel loader

Investigation abstract

At 9:30 a.m. on October 29, 2021, an employee was walking in the main storage yard of the facility when she was struck by a Komatsu WA270-8 wheel loader that was backing. The employee's body was crushed by the tire of the loader, and she was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 49 F

Event type
1

Occupation code
389

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