Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170865414 - Employee's leg injured when loader overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 170865414 -- Report ID: 0950651 -- Event Date: 02/04/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125766675	02/05/1997	1422	0	Kaiser Cement Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1 was being trained to operate a front end loader. He was attempting to reverse direction while going up a quarry road when he lost control of the vehicle. He depressed the wrong pedal control to apply the loader's brakes and accidentally disengaged the transmission. The brakes on the loader had not been maintained, and the only way Employee #1 could stop the loader from backing down the steep grade was to drive it into a bank. The loader overturned, and he was partially ejected. Employee #1's left leg sustained serious injuries when it became caught under the rollover protection structure.

Keywords: FRONT END LOADER, INADEQUATE MAINT, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, STEEP GRADE, INEXPERIENCE, LOST CONTROL, BACKING UP, LEG, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125766675			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Helpers, extractive occupations

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