OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #517193

FRONT END LOADER,LOADER BUCKET,WORK RULES,INATTENTION,PINNED,CONSTRUCTION,CAUGHT BETWEEN,DUMP TRUCK,STRUCK BY

1988-08-25T00:00:00

Event: FRONT END LOADER,LOADER BUCKET,WORK RULES,INATTENTION,PINNED,CONSTRUCTION,CAUGHT BETWEEN,DUMP TRUCK,STRUCK BY
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 517193
Report ID: 931800

Event description

Employee killed between loader/grader and dump truck

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a construction superintendent at a nearby job site, walked into an unfinished parking lot that was being graded by a rubber tired, brake operated, skid steered, front end loader/grader. The loader operator, employed by a subcon tractor, applied the wrong brakes. The front end bucket pivoted, pinning Employe e #1 between it and a parked dump truck. He died as a result of multiple blunt i njuries.

Victims (2)

#1 Fatality Age 32 M

Nature of injury
18

Part of body
19

Event type
2

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
10

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
2
#981 Degree 0 Age 0

Nature of injury
0

Part of body
0

Event type
0

Source
0

Occupation code
0

Human factor
0

Environmental factor
0

Task assigned
0

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