Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201572765 - Employee Crushed Between Bucket and Loader Arm on Skid Steer

Accident Summary Nr: 201572765 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 10/29/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307526335	11/01/2004	1794	238910	Blanding Dirtwork

Abstract: On the afternoon of October 29, 2004, Employee #1 was operating a Case brand skid steer (1845C) for the purpose of "fine grading" the surrounding area where a new single family home being built. "Fine Grading" is a term that describes the final contouring of the dirt around the new home. Employee #1 was found by coworkers crushed between the loader arm and bucket. He was working alone at the time of this incident. No witnesses were present. He was discovered by other employees of the company working at a different area of the sub-division. Therefore, the following is surmised to have occurred. While Employee #1 was operating this skid steer, one of the bucket bolt pins that holds the loader arm to the bucket fell off. Employee #1 dismounted the machine with the engine running, lowered the lap bar safety device, and operated the hydraulic controls to align the loader arm hole with the bucket hole in order to re-insert the bucket bolt pin that fell out. The retaining plate designed to hold the bucket bolt connector pin in place was missing. Additionally, this pin had visible signs of what appeared to be hammer marks from previous times when this connector pin had fallen off the machine.

Keywords: REPAIR, INADEQUATE MAINT, LOADER BUCKET, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, BOLT, LOADER, MECH MALFUNCTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307526335			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Landscaping Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by construction equipment during

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