OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221531395
GOUGH PRO SERVICES, LLC
VERNAL, UT—
Event description
Employee is killed when crushed by loader boom
Investigation abstract
At 10:45 a.m. on January 19, 2023, an employee was replacing the hydraulic cylinder on the boom of a front-end loader when he disconnected the hydraulic line to the boom cylinder while the loader boom was in the air. The loader boom dropped suddenly crushing employee's torso between the boom and front differential. The employee died due to his injuries.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 46 M
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 516
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