Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 851212 - EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN RUN OVER BY FRONT END LOADER

Accident Summary Nr: 851212 -- Report ID: 0521100 -- Event Date: 05/01/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101166866	05/02/1988	2621	0	Weyerhaeuser Company
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101166874	05/02/1988	4213	0	Wh Transportation Co Inc

Abstract: ON SUNDAY, MAY 1, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WAITING AT THE WEYERHAEUSER PAPER COMPANY TO PICK UP A LOAD WITH THE W.H. TRANSPORT SEMI TRUCK AND TRAILER SHE AND HER HUSBAND WERE DRIVING. THEIR SON WAS ALSO WITH THEM. THEY HAD BEEN WAITING IN LINE NEARLY 2 HOURS AND WERE GETTING IMPATIENT. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SEEN WALKING THROUGH THE MILL YARD AT LEAST 3 TIMES TO CHECK ON THE LOADING PROGRESS. DURING ALL THIS TIME A LARGE FRONT END LOADER WAS MOVING WOOD CHIPS FROM A WOOD PILE TO THE CHIP UNLOADING AREA ON A MILL ROAD. ON EMPLOYEE #1'S LAST TRIP TO CHECK ON THE LOADING PROGRESS SHE WAS RUN OVER AND KILLED BY THE FRONT END LOADER WHILE IT WAS MOVING ALONG THE COMPANY ROAD.

Keywords: FRONT END LOADER, STRUCK BY, RUN OVER, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101166866					Occupation Not Listed
2	101166874			Fatality	Concussion	Truck drivers, heavy

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