Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14313290 - Employee killed by loader overturn

Accident Summary Nr: 14313290 -- Report ID: 0213100 -- Event Date: 06/13/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106534076	06/15/1988	1741	0	Robert Fregosi & Son Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, the owner, was operating an Oliver OC-46 loader (small, older unit). While backing up, he apparently failed to realize that he was arriving very close to the edge of an embankment. The loader rolled down the 45 degree embankment and overturned. Employee #1 suffered a fractured back near the eleventh and twelfth vertebrae, an amputated leg, and a ruptured aorta, which caused massive internal hemorrhaging of which Employee #1 died.

Keywords: EMBANKMENT, HEART, FRACTURE, HEMORRHAGE, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, STEEP GRADE, LOADER, INATTENTION, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106534076			Fatality	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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