Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201169125 - Employee Fractures Spine When Crushed by Loader Arm

Accident Summary Nr: 201169125 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 05/03/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126151158	05/22/2007	1771	238110	Apex Development Inc

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on May 3, 2007, Employee #1 was trying to ascertain the origin of an oil leak in a John Deere skid steer loader. The machine had been driven to the area where the accident happened by a coworker. In order for the engine compartment to be accessed the bucket was raised so that a cross member between the arms would move up and out of the way. Employee #1 opened the engine access door and bent over to check the tightness of the oil filter. As Employee #1 did so, his coworker lowered the bucket and the cross member which hit Employee #1 on the back of the neck. Employee #1's cervical spine was fractured and he received a laceration above the right eye. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: EYE, FRACTURE, SPINE, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, LACERATION, LOADER, FACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	4	50

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126151158			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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