OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #827139
TSCHIGGFRIE EXCAVATING CO.
BERNARD, IA·
Event description
Employee died of suffocation under loader
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a truck driver, was operating a rubber-tired front end loader on a gravel road when, for reasons unknown, the vehicle rolled into a deep ditch, pin ning him beneath. He died of suffocation. Employee #1 was operating this unit be cause his truck was in the shop for repairs, but he did have experience operatin g a loader.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 11
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 2
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