Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202080065 - Employee Is Injured When Run over by Loader

Accident Summary Nr: 202080065 -- Report ID: 0453730 -- Event Date: 03/12/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313097768	03/12/2009	1794	238910	Lanier Site Services, Inc.

Abstract: On March 12, 2009, a worker was operating a Cat Multi Terrain loader (Model Number 277B) to grade soil along a wall of a warehouse under construction. Employee #1 and a coworker were shoveling soil around holes for the loader to fill and smooth out. While the loader was backing, Employee #1 crossed behind it. He was struck by the loader and it ran over his legs. Employee #1 was hospitalized for fractures.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CONSTRUCTION, LOADER, SKIDDER, UNSTABLE SOIL, RUN OVER, COMMUNICATION, BACKING UP, INATTENTION, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	313097768			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site grading and rock removal Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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