Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200021988 - Employee injured when loader overturns off ramp

Accident Summary Nr: 200021988 -- Report ID: 0214200 -- Event Date: 07/11/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303691547	07/11/2000	1542	0	Rensselaer Group, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 12:34 a.m. on July 11, 2000, Employee #1 was operating a 1997 Caterpillar rubber-wheeled integrated tool carrier equipped with a multi-purpose bucket, a vehicle similar to a front-end loader. He was working near the bottom of a ramp that led to where excavated soil was being stockpiled. Employee #1 was driving to the right of the ramp to dump a load when his right front wheel went up the ramp and the vehicle overturned on its side. He suffered minor injuries and was taken to the hospital, where he was treated for multiple lacerations and released. Employee #1 was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident, and later stated that he had not been trained to wear one. He did state that he had been trained to keep his bucket low when traveling with a full load.

Keywords: FRONT END LOADER, RAMP, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, LACERATION, LOADER, OVERTURN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303691547			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Unloading-loading equipment/material (except by cr

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