Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 868653 - Employee killed when crushed by sliding crawler/loader

Accident Summary Nr: 868653 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 08/20/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108843244	08/23/1990	1629	0	Dash Tree Service Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was transporting a crawler/lowboy with a tractor and lowboy trailer to a site where clearing would be done. He attempted to turn around at a rural intersection and, due to a depression in the road, the trailer bottomed out. Instead of driving the loader off the trailer, he got in the loader and tried to reposition it by driving it backward onto the raised section. The loader slid off the trailer due to the metal to metal contact (that portion of the trailer bed was metal, as were the crawler tracks). Employee #1, who was not wearing a seat belt, attempted to escape by jumping from the loader, but was crushed and killed.

Keywords: UNEVEN GROUND, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, LOADER, SLIPPERY SURFACE, TRAILER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108843244			Fatality	Fracture	Excavating and loading machine operators

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