OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14554547
VRANA PAVING COMPANY
OMAHA, NE—
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BY ROLL-OVER PROTECTIVE CAGE
Investigation abstract
ON SEPTEMBER 21, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 8:10 A.M., EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TO LOAD A 977 L-LOADER, #11K 6224, ONTO A LOW BOX TRAILER. EMPLOYEE #1 DROVE THE LOADER UP THE RAMP AND ACROSS THE BEAVERTAIL. HE DID NOT STOP AT THE BREAK OVER POINT. THE BU CKET WAS UP. SINCE THE UNIT DID NOT STOP AT THE BREAK OVER POINT TO LINE UP WITH THE TRAILER, IT WAS DRIVEN OFF THE SIDE OF THE TRAILER. WHEN THE LOADER STARTED TO FALL, EMPLOYEE #1 JUMPED & WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE ROLL-OVER PROTE CTIVE STRUCTURE (ROPS) AND THE GROUND. THE LOADER WAS NOT PROVIDED WITH A SEAT B ELT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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