OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221552284
153957 - HOOPERS GARAGE AND AUTO PARTS, LLC
DALLAS, NC—
Event description
Employee is killed when struck by wheel loader
Investigation abstract
At 12:38 p.m. on April 4, 2023, Coworker #1 was operating a Hyundai HL940TM by his ankles. Upon pulling Employee #1 partially out from under the wheel loader, Coworker #2 observed that Employee #1 had been decapitated; Coworker #2 then ceased rescue efforts. EMS was called to the scene, where no resuscitative efforts were attempted. wheel loader to transport vehicles throughout the facility. After transporting, lowering, and placing an Audi vehicle on the ground near the warehouse entrance, Coworker #1 put the wheel loader in reverse. As he backed up, he accidentally struck Employee #1 with the right rear tire of the wheel loader in the process. Employee #1 then apparently rolled underneath the wheel loader and was fatally struck by the left rear tire, which ran over his head. Coworker #2, who was in the warehouse at the time, overheard the commotion outside and went to the aid of the non-responsive Employee #1 by pulling him out from under the wheel loader
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 63 M
- Event type
- 1
- Occupation code
- 999
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