OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14460356
ANNA L. AND AMOS J. ROWLAND
CLEARSPRING, MD—
Event description
Employee killed when crushed between loader arm and body
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was using a Case loader, model 1737, to remove manure from the concr ete floor of a barn when he struck a metal column and dismounted to investigate the damage. A coworker, also seated on the equipment, inadvertently struck the c ontrols. The hydraulic cylinder and lifter arm came down on Employee #1, crushin g him against the body of the machine. He was killed. Employee #1 had a good kno wledge of the machine and its capabilities, and had always worked cautiously and safely.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 479
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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