Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 741959 - Employee's legs bruised when struck by bulldozer

Accident Summary Nr: 741959 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 07/24/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104475629	07/24/1990	1629	0	Pauex Incorporated

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on July 24, 1990, Employee #1 was operating a walk-behind, diesel-powered roller machine. He started to back up from a retaining wall at the same time a bulldozer operator was brake-dragging soil with a bulldozer. Subsequently, the vehicles backed into one another. Employee #1 was struck in the left hip by the dozer's left track and his pants became caught between the tracks. As the operator started to move the dozer forward, Employee #1 was pulled onto the tracks. He yelled to the operator to stop, then freed himself. Employee #1 sustained bruises to both of his upper legs and a fractured left ring finger. He was transported to St. Joseph Hospital for treatment. The bulldozer was equipped with a back-up alarm, but it was very hard to hear because of the surrounding noise.

Keywords: CLOTHING, FRACTURE, ROLLER--CONST EQUIP, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, NOISE, STRUCK BY, BULLDOZER, BACKING UP

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104475629			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators

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