Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201065737 - Employee injured after falling from a loader

Accident Summary Nr: 201065737 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 10/25/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300791910	11/06/2002	0781	0	Summit Landscape

Abstract: On October 25, 2002, Employee #1 was working as a landscape construction employee for a company that provides landscape installation services for new constructions. The employee was attempting to dump a load of weeds and debris into a dumpster using a skip-loader. The weeds and debris were tangled in a tarp. The tarp became hooked on both the bucket and the dumpster. The employee chose to climb the bucket of the loader, to a height of 7 ft, to unhook the tarp. Employee #1 lost his footing and fell, receiving a concussion and fracturing his right forearm, right hand, and back.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CONSTRUCTION, DUMPSTER, FALL, LOADER, CONCUSSION, LOST BALANCE, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300791910			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers

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