Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 793786 - Employee killed in fall from loader bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 793786 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 09/21/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108220807	09/25/1990	1731	0	Valley Electric Co

Abstract: Employee #1 was installing wiring and an electrical junction box above a chip infeed conveyor. To gain access to the electrical box, Employee #1 was lifted 14 1/2 feet above the floor in the bucket of an International model 510 rubber-tired front end loader. Employee #1 had finished his work and the operator had lowered him to approximately 8 feet when he fell, striking his abdomen on the edge of the bucket before landing on the concrete floor. Employee #1 was transported to Lebanon Community Hospital and then transferred by Life Flight to Oregon Health Sciences University, where he died.

Keywords: ABDOMEN, LOADER BUCKET, CONSTRUCTION, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108220807			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Supervisors; electricians & power transm. install.

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