OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221677586

J & R GARDEN STONE AND RENTAL INC

FRANKLIN, TN· 2024-06-25T00:00:00

Event: Agriculture, Agriculture Machinery/Vehicle, Caught Between, Crushed, Driving, Farm, Farm Machinery, Fracture, Head, Jump From Moving Equip, Laborer, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Neck, Nursery, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Protective Clothing, Seat Belt, Slope, Soil, Tips Over, Torso, Unsafe Position, Unstable Position, Wheel Loader, Work Surface
NAICS: 444220
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347576696
Employer profile: J & R GARDEN STONE AND RENTAL INC
Summary number: 221677586
Report ID: 0454712

Event description

Employee dies when crushed by wheel loader as it tips over

Investigation abstract

At 9:00 a.m. on June 25, 2024, an employee working as a laborer for a garden and farm supply store was operating a Wacker Neuson 5055 Model 349 Wheel Loader (SN 349030121). The employee was driving the vehicle to the back of the property to pick up a load of product for a customer. The employee backed up the vehicle onto an approximately six-foot-high mound of dirt causing the wheel loader to tip over onto its left side. The employee was not wearing the seatbelt and attempted to jump from the machine, but he was caught and crushed under the vehicle as it tipped over. The employee died from severe blunt force trauma to the head, neck and torso.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 62 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
889

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