Hispanic Laborer Dies After Being Crushed Between the Frame of a Skid Steer Loader and the Scraper Attachment on the Loader Lift Arms - Ohio: FACE 2004-01

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
• Description:
  On October 18, 2003, a 23-year-old Hispanic laborer (the victim) leaned outside a skid steer loader's operator compartment and was crushed between the frame of the skid steer loader and a scraper attachment. The victim and three other Hispanic coworkers were assigned to routine cleanup at a rendering plant. The victim was operating a skid steer loader equipped with a metal/rubber scraper attached to the loader lift arms. After completing his cleaning task, the victim drove the skid steer loader behind the plant. Approximately 10 minutes later, the plant manager went to look for him and discovered the victim crushed between the frame of the skid steer loader and the scraper attachment. The plant manager used the controls to release the victim, and he and a coworker carried the victim to the parking lot where they placed him on the ground. Meanwhile, another coworker called emergency medical services (EMS) from a telephone in the company's lunchroom. EMS responded within 7 minutes. They examined the victim and determined that he had sustained fatal head injuries. They contacted the county coroner who pronounced the victim dead at the scene.
• Subjects:
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Crush Injuries
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
• Keywords:
  • OSHA Region 5
  • Accident-prevention
  • Accidents
  • Injuries
  • Injury-prevention
  • Traumatic-injuries
  • Equipment-operators
  • Safety-practices
  • Safety-belts
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  All ; Hispanic ; Machine (All) ; Machine - Manufacturing ; Foreign Born Workers
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  NIOSH (In-House)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHFACE200401
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  13 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Higgins, Doloris N.
• Volume:
  2004
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20025546
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2005-100567
• Citation:
  Morgantown, : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  31-33 - Manufacturing - (NAICS 2022)
• Start Date:
  2003/10/18
• Resource Number:
  FACE 2004-01
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/167314/cdc_167314_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.23 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5ff946f198260ba50b774a5e1596493b7ebe9dcf3affebd3229331a221f6532e540f421376c620caf02d7c2f075437f6a82efa5598520e326354643c41bd5deb