OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #999169

EMBANKMENT,FRONT END LOADER,WORK RULES,EQUIPMENT OPERATOR,CRUSHED,LOST CONTROL,OVERTURN

1987-09-29T00:00:00

Event: EMBANKMENT,FRONT END LOADER,WORK RULES,EQUIPMENT OPERATOR,CRUSHED,LOST CONTROL,OVERTURN
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 999169
Report ID: 552700

Event description

Employee killed when front end loader overturned

Investigation abstract

At approximately 9:45 a.m. on September 29, 1987, Employee #1 was returning a Mi chigan rubber-tire front end loader, model 175A, to the gravel pit at the northe rn end of an off-county road in Kimball, Minnesota. To reach the gravel pit, he had to cross a culvert over a small creek. The loader went over the creek bank a nd rolled on top of the employee, crushing and killing him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 36 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
5

Event type
14

Source
27

Occupation code
853

Human factor
12

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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