OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14494363
WOODWARD COORPORATIVE ELEVATOR ASSOCIATION
MAY, OK—
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by front end loader
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was using a Honey-Bee front end loader to scrape away volunteer whea t growth from around the side of the concrete loading ramp leading up to the unl oading grates in the elevator. He was apparently scraping along the south side o f the truck ramp where the concrete ramp sides ended and soil and gravel had bee n used to build up a gradual slope. When the loader's tires slid sideways, it be came top heavy and overturned, crushing and killing Employee #1. There were no w itnesses to the accident; the cause was determined by tire marks that showed a r ut along the south side of the ramp. Employee #1 was the branch manager of the W oodward Cooperative Elevator Association.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 54 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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