Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 127667.015 - Employee fractures legs when run over by loader tracks

Accident Summary Nr: 127667.015 -- Report ID: 1032700 -- Event Date: 07/08/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1482797.015	07/08/2020		113310	Brandon De'Atley Trucking

Abstract: At 2:30 p.m. on July 8, 2020, an employee had just completed installing a new "road" for the sky wire of a yarder when he grabbed water from a nearby truck and approached the operator of a 325 Caterpillar Excavator/Loader to give him water. The coworker operating the loader ran over the employee striking him with the tracks of the loader shovel up to his knees. The employee incurred fractures in both legs and required hospitalization.

Keywords: Crushed, Distracted driving, Driver, Equipment Operator, Excavator, Fracture, Inadequate Maint, Inexperience, Installing, Knee, Leg, Loader, Loader Bucket, Motor Vehicle, Obstructed View, Repair, Run Over, Struck Against, Struck By, Tracks, Vehicle, Walking Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1482797.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury

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