OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #672113
ERNY'S FERTILIZER SERVICE
WALTON, IN·
Event description
STRUCK AND KILLED BY OVERTURNING FRONT END LOADER
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 11:32 AM ON MAY 17, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER, MOVING FERTILIZER FROM A CONCRETE LOADING PAD TO A CONVEYOR. ONE WHEEL OF THE LOADER DROPPED OFF THE EDGE OF THE PAD. THE EMPLOYEE DISMOUNTED THE LOADE R TO CHECK OUT THE PROBLEM. FOR SOME REASON HE GRABBED THE STEERING WHEEL AND TU RNED IT. THE LOADER'S ENGINE WAS RUNNING AND THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH POWER STEERING. THE LOADER SLID THE REST OF THE WAY OFF THE PAD AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE # 1 IN THE BACK, INFLICTING FATAL INTERNAL INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 60 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 856
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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