Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170235923 - EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BETWEEN RAISED BUCKET AND STEEL STRUCTURE

Accident Summary Nr: 170235923 -- Report ID: 1055330 -- Event Date: 03/30/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111243440	03/31/1992	0783	0	Landscaping By Pat Boring

Abstract: Two employees met at an office. At 8:00 a.m., they went to work on a Hydrascreen soil machine at a soil pit. One employee was cleaning and repairing the screens, and the other (Employee #1) was repairing the rollers on the conveyor belt. When Employee #1 got to the highest point on the conveyor, the two employees decided to use a loader bucket as a work platform so that Employee #1 could reach even higher. Employee #1 got on the flat side of the bucket, as his coworker controlled the John Deere 290-kilogram loader. When the coworker raised the bucket, it did not stop because of the automatic boom height control. The rising bucket crushed Employee #1 against the structure. The coworker lowered the bucket, and Employee #1 tried to hang onto the structure. He could not hold on and fell 4.3 meters to the ground. He died of his injuries.

Keywords: REPAIR, BOOM, LOADER BUCKET, WORK RULES, CRUSHED, CONVEYOR, FALL, LOADER, LOST CONTROL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111243440			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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