Foreman Dies When Struck by Front End Loader at a Massachusetts Scrap Metal Recycling Plant

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• Corporate Authors:
  Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE) ; Massachusetts. Department of Public Health
• Description:
  On July 28, 1995, a 31 year old male recycling plant foreman died when he was run over and crushed by a front end loader. In the yard outside the plant at the time of the incident, the victim was struck by the loader when its brakes failed as it backed down an incline after depositing cans into a hopper for processing. Having seen the victim behind the loader moments earlier, the operator of the loader exited the cab to be sure the victim was unharmed. Finding the victim lying between the left front and rear wheels of the loader, the operator ran into the plant and called for help. The victim was pronounced dead on the scene by the medical examiner and transported by a funeral home to the regional medical examining facility. The MA FACE Program Field Investigator concluded that to prevent similar future occurrences, employers should: 1. Ensure that all defective vehicles be removed from service until repaired. 2. Ensure that only trained employees operate all vehicles. 3. Design, develop and implement a comprehensive safety program that includes, but is not limited to analysis and control of vehicle related hazards through use of a daily checklist.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Equipment-operators Equipment-reliability Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 1 Protective-measures Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Supervisory-personnel Training Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Machine (All) ; Machine - General ; Energy Production ; Prevention through Design (PtD)
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE95MA026
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20028460
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2012-110771
• 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 95MA026, 1996 Nov ; :1-4
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• Performing Organization:
  Massachusetts Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  42 - Wholesale Trade - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1992/09/30
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:844c4e5b806b95707fb0c33626c16d4d6763128e5184db5648da06f264635561f93ebc82871e55fc21017fdc1d87801ee0dd13ba6ba6206796dfc90275ab525f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/166627/cdc_166627_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 25.76 KB ]