OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #971184

BACK-UP ALARM,FRONT END LOADER,WORK RULES,RUN OVER,BACKING UP,INATTENTION,TIRE

1989-09-22T00:00:00

Event: BACK-UP ALARM,FRONT END LOADER,WORK RULES,RUN OVER,BACKING UP,INATTENTION,TIRE
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 971184
Report ID: 854910

Event description

Employee injured when backed over by front end loader

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 walked out past the end of a conveyor (screener) into the path of a front end loader that was backing up with an empty bucket to raise the screen. T he employee did not see the loader backing up and the loader operator did not se e the employee until just as he went down and under the tires. The loader was no t provided with a reverse signal alarm.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 24 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
16

Event type
14

Source
30

Occupation code
853

Human factor
17

Environmental factor
16

Task assigned
1

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