OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14552574

SUBURBAN RENDCO CO., INC.

BRIDGEWATER, NJ— 1985-03-22T00:00:00

Event: EMBANKMENT, GUARDRAIL, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, ROPS, CONSTRUCTION, LOADER, DROWN, SLOPE, OVERTURN
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #661074
Employer profile: SUBURBAN RENDCO CO., INC.
Summary number: 14552574
Report ID: 213400

Event description

Employee drowns when trapped under front end loader

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was driving a 1964 four-wheel, rubber-tired Caterpillar 944 front en d loader, serial #43A3628, approximately 200 ft down an incline. As he was guidi ng the loader over an approximately 15 ft wide dirt berm that lay between two bo dies of water, he looked to his left and his right rear wheel went over a 2 ft e mbankment. The front end loader completely overturned, trapping Employee #1 unde r approximately 7 ft of water. Employee #1 drowned. The berm was not protected b y guardrails and the front end loader was not equipped with roll-over protection .

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 52 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
4

Event type
2

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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