OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221561483

VANDER HORST DAIRY & FARMING

DUBLIN, TX— 2023-04-07T00:00:00

Event: Agriculture, Agriculture Machinery/Vehicle, Back, Bucket, Chest, Crushed, Distracted, Farm, Farm Machinery, Farm worker, Fracture, Front End Loader, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of Engineering Controls, Leg, Loader, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Obstructed View, Rock, Run Over, Tire, Wheel Loader
NAICS: 112120
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346627367
Employer profile: VANDER HORST DAIRY & FARMING
Summary number: 221561483
Report ID: 0636900

Event description

Employee is killed when run over, crushed by loader tires

Investigation abstract

At 8:45 a.m. on April 7, 2023, an employee working as a farm worker at a hay farm was walking in front of a Volvo L60F Wheel Loader while picking up rocks from a field. After picking up each rock, the employee would then place it into the bucket of the trailing loader. During the operation, the coworker operating the loader stopped the vehicle. During this time and for an unknown reason, the employee knelt down below the loader bucket and out of the sight of the coworker. The coworker did not see the employee in his blind spot and moved the loader forward. The coworker ran over the employee, crushing him under the loader tires. The employee died due to his injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 19 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
479

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