OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #781633

LOADER BUCKET,WORK RULES,COLLISION,CRUSHED,LOCOMOTIVE,LOADER,STRUCK BY

1987-12-03T00:00:00

Event: LOADER BUCKET,WORK RULES,COLLISION,CRUSHED,LOCOMOTIVE,LOADER,STRUCK BY
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 781633
Report ID: 452110

Event description

Employee when crushed to death by locomotive loader bucket

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 and a loader operator were working under a blast furnace floor. The loader was parked on a set of railroad tracks when it was struck by a locomotive and slid sideways. The loader's bucket crushed Employee #1 against a concrete b umper killing him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 47 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
14

Event type
2

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
4

Task assigned
1

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