OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #633586
AMERICAN TREE CO., INC.
PITCAIRN, NY·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by machine
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was rebuilding an engine on a 450 John Deere loader. The bucket arm was chained to an overhead beam. The left upright split, causing the center beam to fall with the loader arms and pin Employee #1 between the arm and the track. His chest was crushed and he died of suffocation.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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