Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 950212 - Employee decapitated when crushed between loader and truck

Accident Summary Nr: 950212 -- Report ID: 0355117 -- Event Date: 08/22/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123700999	08/22/1994	1794	0	Best Grading Company

Abstract: At 8:45 a.m. on Monday, August 22, 1994, Employee #1 was attempting to connect a tow chain to the rear of a dump truck to be pulled backward up a steep incline by a front end loader. The tow chain was already connected to the rear (motor end) of the front end loader. The brakes failed on the front end loader, causing it to roll down the hill, decapitating Employee #1 between the rear of the dump truck and the rear of the front end loader.

Keywords: HEAD, FRONT END LOADER, BRAKE, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, STEEP GRADE, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, DUMP TRUCK, DECAPITATED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123700999			Fatality	Amputation	Supervisors, n.e.c.

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