Equipment operator crushed by skid-steer attachment—Kentucky

Details

• Personal Author:
  Stumbo, David
• Corporate Authors:
  Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE) ; University of Kentucky. College of Public Health. Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center
• Description:
  On September 29, 2022, a 46-year-old skid-steer operator was killed when he was struck by his skid-steer's twin-fork attachment with a gravel bucket secured to it. The operator had raised the skid-steer's arms and exited the cab. While the operator was beneath the attachment, it separated from the skid-steer's lift arms and fell onto him. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS - Key contributing factors identified in this investigation include: 1) Bypassing equipment safety features
  
  2) Workplace substance use
  
  3) Inadequate knowledge of hazards
  
  4) Inadequate training and communication. RECOMMENDATIONS - Kentucky FACE investigators concluded that, to help prevent similar occurrences, employers should: 1) Ensure that employees do not bypass equipment safety features
  
  2) Implement measures that contribute to a drug-free work environment
  
  3) Identify and understand the hazards that may be presented by the equipment their employees operate
  
  4) Provide education and training to employees to recognize hazards and methods to mitigate and/or eliminate them.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Hazardous Substances Mortality Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Drugs Equipment Operation Fatalities Hazard Recognition Injury Prevention OSHA Region 4 Safety Practices Skid-steer Loaders
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Construction ; Machine (All) ; Machine - Construction
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE22KY083
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067508
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 22KY083, 2023 Mar ; :1-12
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• Performing Organization:
  University of Kentucky
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  23 - Construction - (NAICS) ; 237110 - Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  2005/07/01
• End Date:
  2026/06/30
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a6eb98c016bc601a3f12244fa4da7126add354dfd8d606a529e1b2897d048893867bda7cd7e2e00e148446b3dd8b351995e9808dbe67a81a80b18e82fde9f8da
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/164848/cdc_164848_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.39 MB ]