Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 998419 - EMPLOYEE RUN OVER AND KILLED BY FRONT END LOADER

Accident Summary Nr: 998419 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 04/18/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111635413	04/19/1991	9111	0	Crookston, City Of

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 LEFT THE SHOP AT APPROXIMATELY 8 AM, DRIVING A CAT 920 FRONT END LOADER. HE WAS FOUND AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 AM, DEAD, WITH THE LEFT REAR WHEEL OF THE CAT 920 FRONT END LOADER ON HIS HEAD. HE WAS WORKING ALONE, AND THERE ARE NO KNOWN WITNESSES. THE CAT WAS RUNNING, WITH BOTH EMERGENCY BRAKES AND TRANSMISSION LOCK DISENGAGED WHEN FOUND. AFTER VIEWING PHOTOS TAKEN BY THE CROOKSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, IT IS APPARENT THAT THE LEFT REAR WHEEL OF THE LOADER HAD RUN OVER EMPLOYEE #1'S UPPER RIGHT TORSO, THEN COME TO A STOP ON HIS HEAD, CRUSHING IT ALMOST FLAT. IT IS MY BELIEF THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOUNT THE LOADER WHEN HE TRIPPED OR FELL FOR SOME REASON AND THE MACHINE RAN OVER HIM.

Keywords: HEAD, FRONT END LOADER, WORK RULES, CRUSHED, RUN OVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111635413			Fatality	Fracture	Excavating and loading machine operators

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