OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14194856
PLEASANT EXCAVATING COMPANY INCORPORATED
CLARKSBURG, MD—
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN EJECTED FROM WHEEL LOADER
Investigation abstract
On May 22, 1985, an employee was operating a Fiat-Allis Model 545-B wheel loader on a graded road when he lost control of the loader. The loader veered off the road and hit a 3 ft high dirt bank expelling the occupant out of the roll over p rotected cab. The vehicle proceeded backwards rolling over him. He was killed in the accident when he sustained fatal trauma to his brain from the incident.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 55 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 853
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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