OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #998021
FRONT END LOADER,ROLL-OVER,ROPS,CONSTRUCTION,STEEP GRADE,LOST CONTROL,BACKING UP
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE INJURED; FRONT END LOADER OVERTURNED
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 1:35 ON JUNE 10, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A CATERPILLAR 922 FRONT END LOADER AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE. AS HE DROVE TO THE CREST OF A STEEP INCLINE (ESTIMATED AT 20 DEGREES), HAULING A LOAD OF 1 1/2 INCH AGGREGATE TO FI LL A TRENCH, HE LOST CONTROL. THE LOADER TRAVELLED BACKWARDS DOWN THE 80 FOOT IN CLINE, GAINING SPEED. HE THEN WENT PAST A 20 FOOT TURNAROUND AT THE BASE OF THE INCLINE AND CONTINUED DOWN AN EVEN STEEPER 72 FOOT INCLINE. HE ROLLED OVER TWICE , SUSTAINING SEVERE MULTIPLE INJURIES. THE FRONT END LOADER WAS NOT EQUIPPED WIT H A ROPS.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 853
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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