OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14531974
ALASKA INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION INC
HAMER, AK—
Event description
Employee crushed and killed by backing loader
Investigation abstract
At approximately 3:10 p.m. on June 20, 1984, Employee #1, the head chainman with ng the lower portion of his body. He died three hours later. The back-up alarm w as working, but Employee #1 and the coworker did not notice the loader moving to ward them. a survey crew, was assessing the curvature of the bank edge of a small boat har bor that was to be expanded. He and a coworker, the instrument man, were having problems with a particular point along the bank. The coworker decided to go to h is truck to do a calculation and was met midway by Employee #1. They were discus sing the problem and were drawing figures on the ground while a 988 front end lo ader was filling the edge of the bank with rocks. The loader was backing up afte r completing a run when it struck both men. The coworker managed to get out of t he way, but the loader rolled over Employee #1's legs and upper buttocks, crushi
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 5
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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