FACE Facts: Use Skid-Steer Loader Lift Arm Supports During Maintenance That Requires Lift Arms to Be Raised

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• Corporate Authors:
  Massachusetts. Department of Public Health
• Description:
  Since 2009, four workers in Massachuses have been killed on the job while repairing skid-steer or similar loaders (e.g. mul.. terrain). In two of these incidents inves..gated by MA FACE, 2009 and 2012, the vic..ms were performing maintenance tasks beneath the loader's raised lift arm without using the lift arm support, and were crushed between the lift arm and cab. What can be done? In each incident, adequate safety procedures could have ensured the loader's lift arm was secured against motion during maintenance, preventing the fatality. Employers should: 1. Ensure that equipment is inspected prior to each use to confirm that safeguards and interlocks are functioning properly. 2. Ensure that lift arm support devices are installed for maintenance tasks that require the lift arm to be in the raised position. (This may require two people.) 3. Ensure that safeguards and interlocks are used and never bypassed. 4. Ensure that employees never access the controls of a loader from outside the loader's cab. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Maintenance
  • Mortality
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
• Keywords:
  • Fatalities
  • Injuries
  • Accident analysis
  • Accident prevention
  • Safety education
  • Safety practices
  • Equipment design
  • Equipment maintenance
  • Equipment reliability
  • Maintenance workers
  More +
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• 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:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20053333
• Citation:
  Boston, MA: Massachusetts State Department of Public Health, 2015 Jun; :1-2
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  Massachusetts State Department of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  FACE facts: use skid-steer loader lift arm supports during maintenance that requires lift arms to be raised
• End Date:
  20260630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228880/cdc_228880_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 673.70 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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