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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #692939

LOADING,ABDOMEN,LOADER BUCKET,CONSTRUCTION,CAUGHT BETWEEN,TRAILER,INATTENTION

Event
LOADING,ABDOMEN,LOADER BUCKET,CONSTRUCTION,CAUGHT BETWEEN,TRAILER,INATTENTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
692939
Report ID
355112

Event description

Employee killed when caught between trailer and loader

Investigation abstract

At approximately 9:00 a.m. on January 29, 1986, Employee #1 was standing between a supply trailer and a rubber-tired front end loader. He was loading a water pu mp into the bucket of the loader when another coworker got into the loader and k nocked it into gear. Employee #1 was caught in the abdomen between the trailer a nd edge of the bucket and was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 23 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    1
    Event type
    2
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    1
    Task assigned
    2

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