OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #731752
ARCO ENGINEERING CONST CORP
SOUTH BEND, IN—
Event description
Employee killed when struck by bucket of skid-steer
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was approximately 14 ft from the south wall in a 14 ft, 8 in. baseme nt, removing a defective part from under a raised skid-steer bucket. He was usin g two 9/16-inch, type L125 H, wrenches. He was also using two 6/16-inch wrenches . The control pedal of the skid-steer was engaged by some unknown means, causing the bucket to fall and strike Employee #1. He sustained a lacerated liver and d ied of massive abdominal hemorrhaging. The central lift arm locks had not been u sed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 27
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 553
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 2
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