OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14483028
INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO INC
TICONDEROGA, NY—
Event description
STRUCK BY FRONT END LOADER CAUSING INTERNAL INJURY
Investigation abstract
ON OCTOBER 17, 1984 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:25 AM EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STRUCK BY A FRONT END LOADER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO UNPLUG A WATER DRAIN LINE WHICH IS UNDER THE TRAV EL SURFACE WHERE FRONT END LOADER NORMALLY OPERATES. EMPLOYEE #1 EXPIRED 12:35 P M, NOVEMBER 1,1984 OF INJURIES REC'D. THE FRONT END LOADER HAD A DEFECTIVE BACK UP LIGHT, BROKEN (BADLY CRACKED) WINDSHIELD, VISION WAS RESTRICTED IN SIDE DOOR WINDOW. EMPLOYEE #1 DID NOT NOTFIFY LOADER OPERATOR OR SUPERVISION THAT HE WAS W ORKING IN LOADER TRAVEL AREA. ARTICFICIAL ILLUMINATION WAS NOT PROVIDED FOR THE AREA WHERE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING. THESE FACTORS CONTRIBUTED TO THE CAUSE OF THE A CCIDENT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 14
- Task assigned
- 1
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