OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14557342
TNT TRUCKING & EXCAVATING
GILA, NM—
Event description
Operator killed when loader rolls down mountain
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was using a Michigan front end loader to scrape down a primitive for est road. He backed the loader off the road onto the shoulder, which had a slope of approximately 15 degrees. Blade marks on the shoulder indicate Employee #1 d ropped the bucket in an effort to stop the loader. The loader traveled 135 ft do wn the steep mountainside, at which point it overturned and continued downhill f or a total distance of approximately 373 ft. Employee #1 was found at 355 ft and died of multiple injuries, especially to his head. The loader was not equipped with ROPS.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 859
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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