Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200801587 - Employee Is Pinned by Loader Bucket and Is Killed

Accident Summary Nr: 200801587 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 06/28/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308385368	06/29/2006	0241	112120	Valley Mead Farm

Abstract: On June 28, 2006, Employee #1 was training a coworker to operate and drive a Case Model Number1840 skid-loader. The coworker was driving this skid-loader through the barnyard carrying loads of animal feed to barn Number 3. At approximately 2:30 p.m. as the coworker was traversing the barnyard in the loader Employee #1 jumped into the bucket of the moving loader. This action caused the coworker to lose control of the loader, and Employee #1 was thrown or ejected from the bucket as a result. Employee #1's head was pinned between the loader bucket and the ground, and he died of a massive head injury.

Keywords: EJECTED, FRACTURE, HEAD, AGRICULTURE, LOADER BUCKET, PINNED, CRUSHED, LOADER, LOST CONTROL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	308385368			Fatality	Fracture	Farm workers

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