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Accident Summary Nr: 170395792 - EMPLOYEE DIES WHEN HEAD CRUSHED BY ROLL OF ROOFING MATERIAL

Accident Summary Nr: 170395792 -- Report ID: 0215800 -- Event Date: 10/19/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18149831	10/19/1988	1541	0	New Penn Golf Cars, Inc.

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 3:00 P.M. ON OCTOBER 19, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A FORD TRACTOR, MODEL 4400 WITH A FRONT END LOADER. IN THE PROCESS OF RAISING AN 8-FOOT BY 12-INCH ROLL OF ROOFING MATERIAL WEIGHING 611 POUNDS, THE MATERIAL SHIFTED, FELL BACK OFF THE BUCKET, AND CRUSHED EMPLOYEE #1'S HEAD AGAINST THE STEERING WHEEL OF THE TRACTOR.

Keywords: HEAD, LOADER BUCKET, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, TRACTOR, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18149831			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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