Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 138836.015 - Employee fractures legs when struck by loader that was backi

Accident Summary Nr: 138836.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 08/24/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1551336.015	09/02/2021		561730	Agro-Turf, Corp.

Abstract: At 1:45 p.m. on August 24, 2021, an employee working for a landscaping service was placing sod alongside an active roadway. The employee was possibly hit by a passing car's mirror at which time he either jumped or fell into the path of a skid steer loader that was backing up. The employee was run over by the tires and hospitalized to treat two fractured legs.

Keywords: Automobile, Backing Up, Fall, Fall On Same Level, Fracture, Highway, Highway Shoulder, Highway work zone, Jump, Landscaping, Leg, Loader, Material Handling, Motor Vehicle, Road, Run Over, Skid Steer loader, Struck By, Tire, Unsafe Position, Work zone

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1551336.015	55	M	Hospitalized injury

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