Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14557680 - EMPLOYEE CRUSHED WHEN FRONT END LOADER ROLLED INTO PIT

Accident Summary Nr: 14557680 -- Report ID: 0653510 -- Event Date: 04/25/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102040235	04/25/1986	2011	0	Karler Packing Company, Inc.

Abstract: THE EMPLOYEE HAD JUST STARTED HIS WORK SHIFT. HIS TASK FOR THE MORNING WAS TO MIX BLOOD FROM THE SLAUGHTER HOUSE WITH DIRT TO MAKE AN IRON-RICH COMPOST. HE WAS DRIVING A 1972 MICHIGAN LOADER WHICH HAD NOT BEEN RETROFITTED WITH A ROLL-OVER PROTECTIVE STRUCTURE. AS HE WAS RETURNING TO THE MIXING PIT WITH A BUCKET LOAD OF COMPOST, THE BACK WHEEL OF THE LOADER WENT OVER THE EDGE OF THE PIT. THE LOADER FELL INTO THE PIT, LANDING ON ITS TOP. THE NON-ROPS CAB COLLAPSED, CRUSHING THE DRIVER (EMPLOYEE #1) TO DEATH.

Keywords: FRONT END LOADER, ROLL-OVER, ROPS, CRUSHED, PIT, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102040235			Fatality	Concussion	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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