Farmer Pinned Between Skid Steer Loader Bucket and Frame

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• Corporate Authors:
  Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE) ; Michigan State University. Department of Medicine. Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• Description:
  In Winter 2018, a male farmer in his 50s died when he was pinned between the bucket and the frame of a skid steer. The decedent was loading wood into an outdoor wood burner that heated both his home and his farm office located in the barn. The decedent used the skid steer bucket to carry a log to the wood burner. He had previously bypassed the skid steer's safety lap bar. He stopped the skid steer on the concrete pad in front of the wood burner and exited the cab without turning off the machine. The incident was unwitnessed. When the decedent's spouse arrived home from work, she noticed the decedent "dangling" and called out to him. She ran to the skid steer, and seeing his position, immediately called for emergency response. When responders arrived, they turned off the machine to assess his condition. Finding him deceased, they restarted the skid steer and tilted the bucket to lower him to the ground, and then lowered the bucket to the ground. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS - Key contributing factors identified in this investigation include: 1. Rewired to bypass skid steer safety interlock mechanisms. 2. Safe operating procedures not followed when exiting loader. 3. Cold and snowy weather conditions. RECOMMENDATIONS - MIFACE investigators concluded that, to help prevent similar occurrences, employers should: 1. Skid steer operators should never modify or bypass the manufacturer-installed safety interlocks. 2. Skid steer operators should follow the manufacturer's warnings and instructions for safe mounting and dismounting
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Agriculture Automobiles Environmental Exposure Environmental Pollution Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mortality Occupational Health Safety

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• Keywords:
  Accident Analysis Accident Potential Accident Prevention Climatic Conditions Environmental Hazards Equipment Design Fatalities Injuries Injury Prevention Machine Operation Machine Operators Machinery Machine Safety Motor Vehicle Parts Motor Vehicles OSHA Region 5 Recommendations Safety Equipment Safety Measures Safety Valves Skid-steer Loaders Transport Mechanisms Traumatic Injuries Warning Systems

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Agriculture ; Machine (All) ; Machine - Farming
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE18MI004
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20059440
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2021-100138
• 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 18MI004, 2019 Dec ; :1-9
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• Performing Organization:
  Michigan State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  11 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting - (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-512:7656d698c9728e35c46d7feaf87cfd88dcfb9d22424571ff458118c022fca709de40b4ecf3a6db717dd8f946d63d422493cb51a11e25945c5151900254b62bff
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/164904/cdc_164904_DS1.pdf
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