Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14347991 - Employee killed when struck by and caught in loader bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 14347991 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 05/29/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101228591	05/30/1988	1795	0	Osborne & Co., Inc.

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2, ages 54 and 15, were performing maintenance work on a front end loader that had its bucket removed. The arms of the bucket control assembly had been raised by the machine's hydraulics system. The tip of the forks on a lift truck were placed under the horizontal member between the arms of the assembly. While the hydraulic cylinder was being removed, hydraulic pressure was lost and the elevated assembly dropped. The lift truck kicked back, dislodging the forks, and causing the assembly to fall to the ground. One employee was caught in the scissor point, the other was struck on the head by the falling assembly: both were killed.

Keywords: HEAD, MAINTENANCE, FRONT END LOADER, LOADER BUCKET, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, STRUCK BY, HYDRAULIC PRESS, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101228591			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported
2	101228591			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported

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