Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171055510 - Employee killed when crushed between loader and semi-truck

Accident Summary Nr: 171055510 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 09/08/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126776814	09/08/1997	1796	0	Faber Construction Company

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were hauling material on a trailer behind a semi-truck up a dirt road to a ski resort. The road became too steep for the truck to continue, and they requested help from the resort. The resort sent a front end loader, and the employees used a 20 ft long chain to hook it to the truck. They doubled the chain leaving the distance between the vehicles at approximately 9 to 10 ft. The loader was pulling the truck up the steeper grade when Employee #1 signaled the loader operator to stop. The truck driver then moved forward to create some slack to unfasten the chain and the loader operator turned off his engine to talk to a coworker. Employee #1 had moved between the two vehicles to unfasten the chain when the loader's brakes failed and it rolled backward, crushing and killing Employee #1. The loader's parking brake was not engaged and the wheels were not chocked. The Summit County sheriff reported that in their tests, the loader's brakes had failed after an average of 2.5 minutes.

Keywords: CHOCK, FRONT END LOADER, BRAKE, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, STEEP GRADE, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, TOWED EQUIPMENT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126776814			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Post Decking Detail Work Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by construction equipment during

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