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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #999169

HENDRICKS BUS SERVICE, INC.

Event
EMBANKMENT, FRONT END LOADER, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CRUSHED, LOST CONTROL, OVERTURN
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#104557731
Employer profile
HENDRICKS BUS SERVICE, INC.
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. #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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