OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14454292
T. C. B. LTD.
BETTENDORF, IA—
Event description
Employee crushed and killed when loader/backhoe overturns
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was loading a loader-backhoe onto a flatbed trailer. According to a nal injuries. He was killed. witness, the front wheels came up off the loading ramps during the process. Once loaded, its left front wheel was on the edge of the bed and slipped off, pullin g the loader/backhoe with it. Employee #1 jumped from his seat, landing on the g round. Witnesses surmised that Employee #1 realized that he was not clear of the ROPS canopy and instead of trying to get back out of the way, he doubled up to get between where the posts and the canopy would land. The canopy caught Employe e #1 on the back between his shoulders and his hip, crushing his chest and lower back, crushing his lungs, rupturing his aorta, and causing numerous other inter
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 853
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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