OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #605550
FRONT END LOADER,BRAKE,CRUSHED,RUN OVER,BACKING UP,INATTENTION
Event description
EMPLOYEE RUN OVER BY STALLED FRONT END LOADER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OBSERVING A SAND UNLOADING OPERATION. AN INTERNATIONAL HOUGH, MO DEL H80A, #3500101V001440 FRONT END LOADER WAS LOADING #7 ROCK INTO A BATCH PLAN T BIN. AFTER DUMPING HIS LOAD, THE LOADER DRIVER BEGAN BACKING DOWN AN 85 FOOT L ONG INCLINE WHICH LED TO THE DUMPING AREA. THE LOADER ENGINE STALLED OUT, AND IT BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS FASTER. THE DRIVER COULD NOT STOP THE LOADER BECAUSE IT HAD DEFECTIVE BRAKES. THE FRONT END LOADER STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS LOOKING IN THE OTHER DIRECTION, AND RAN OVER HIM. HE WAS CRUSHED UNDER THE RIGHT REAR WH EEL OF THE LOADER AND KILLED. THE FRONT END LOADER WEIGHS APPROXIMATELY 45,000 P OUNDS.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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