Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 167758.015 - Employee dies when crushed by wheel loader as it tips over

Accident Summary Nr: 167758.015 -- Report ID: 0454712 -- Event Date: 06/25/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1757669.015	06/26/2024		444220	J & R Garden Stone And Rental Inc

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on June 25, 2024, an employee working as a laborer for a garden and farm supply store was operating a Wacker Neuson 5055 Model 349 Wheel Loader (SN 349030121). The employee was driving the vehicle to the back of the property to pick up a load of product for a customer. The employee backed up the vehicle onto an approximately six-foot-high mound of dirt causing the wheel loader to tip over onto its left side. The employee was not wearing the seatbelt and attempted to jump from the machine, but he was caught and crushed under the vehicle as it tipped over. The employee died from severe blunt force trauma to the head, neck and torso.

Keywords: Agriculture, Agriculture Machinery/Vehicle, Caught Between, Crushed, Driving, Farm, Farm Machinery, Fracture, Head, Jump From Moving Equip, Laborer, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Neck, Nursery, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Protective Clothing, Seat Belt, Slope, Soil, Tips Over, Torso, Unsafe Position, Unstable Position, Wheel Loader, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1757669.015	62	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction

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