OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14489587

SOLID WASTE INDUSTRIES, INC.

BARTON, NY— 1985-08-27T10:50:00

Event: FRONT END LOADER, SLIP, SLIPPERY SURFACE, RUN OVER
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #2036465
Employer profile: SOLID WASTE INDUSTRIES, INC.
Summary number: 14489587
Report ID: 215800

Event description

RUN OVER BY FRONT END LOADER

Investigation abstract

ON AUGUST 27, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:50 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING ON A PIL E OF GRAVEL, ADJACENT TO THE LOADING RAMP OF A SOLID WASTE REFUSE TRANSFER STATI ON. HE APPARENTLY SLIPPED AND FELL BETWEEN THE WHEELS OF A FRONT END LOADER AS I T WAS BACKING OFF THE DOCK. EMPLOYEE #1 SUSTAINED MULTIPLE SEVERE INJURIES TO TH E UPPER PART OF HIS BODY AND HEAD, CAUSING HIS IMMEDIATE DEATH.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 52 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
19

Event type
1

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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