Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201074820 - Employee's Toe Is Amputated While Loading Machine

Accident Summary Nr: 201074820 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 11/13/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312681711	03/08/2010	1542	236220	A M Ortega Construction

Abstract: At approximately 7:30 a.m. on November 13, 2009, Employee #1, a driver with A.M. Ortega Construction, was loading a LeeBoy asphalt paving machine (Model Number 8510, Serial Number 48336) onto the back of a transport trailer at his employer's equipment yard. He drove the machine onto the trailer ramps while standing on the machine's platform, adjacent to the controls. Employee #1 lost his balance and fell onto the controls, which caused the machine to rotate. Before gaining control of the machine, his right foot was caught between the rotating machine and the ground. Employee #1 was hospitalized at Kaiser Zion for a small toe amputation.

Keywords: LOADING, AMPUTATED, HAND CONTROL, RAMP, LOADING RAMP, CRUSHED, TOE, TRAILER, ASPHALT, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Contractor's yard/facility		Other		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312681711			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Truck drivers, heavy	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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