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Accident: 14433437 - Unmanned Front End Loader Tumbled Down Mountain Side

Accident: 14433437 -- Report ID: 0951510 -- Event Date: 09/08/1987
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
10592316309/09/19871794Avdelco Inc
AN UNMANNED CATERPILLAR CRAWLER TYPE FRONT END LOADER WAS PARKED ON THE TOP OF AN EXCAVATION SITE. THE LOADER STARTED MOVING DOWN AND THROUGH THE SITE, EVENTUALLY TUMBLING 600 FEET DOWN THE STEEP MOUNTAIN SIDE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.
Keywords: front end loader, brake, work rules, construction, earthmoving equip, unmanned
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature
1 105923163

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