Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 202288197 - Employee run over by front end loader is killed
| Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301970455 | 07/14/1998 | 4491 | 0 | Apollo Stevedoring Company, Inc. |
Abstract: At approximately 3:00 a.m. on July 6, 1998, three employees were involved with loading furnace slag into a dump truck. Two employees were scooping up the slag with front end loaders and dumping it into a dump truck. One employee was operating a rental front end loader and the other was operating a company owned Kobelco front end loader. The third employee, a laborer, was on foot keeping the slag in a neat pile. The employee operating the Kobelco front end loader dumped a load of slag into the dump truck and proceeded to back up, looking to his left rear but not to his right. In the meantime, a witness to the accident stated that Employee #1, a supervisor, was walking into the work zone with his head down. The witness lost sight of Employee #1 for a moment as the front end loader was backing up. A few seconds later he noticed that the loader had run over something and he motioned to the operator of the Kobelco front end loader to stop backing up. Employee #1 was on the ground and had been run over by the right front tire and was killed. The front end loader did not have a back up alarm, mirrors, seat belts and the front and rear lights were broken.
| Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 301970455 | Fatality | Other | Supervisors, n.e.c. |
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