Inspection Detail

Inspection: 120434139 - Premium Personnel, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Minnesota Department Of Labor And Industry

Inspection Nr: 120434139

Report ID: 0552700

Date Opened: 07/10/1992

Site Address:
Premium Personnel, Inc.
17016 Glenwood Ave
Lakeville, MN 55044

Mailing Address:
535 Stone Rd, Mendota Heights, MN 55120

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1799

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 08/13/1992

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 11/01/1994

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360241152

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1	1				2
Current Violations	1	1				2
Initial Penalty	$4,550	$31,500	$0	$0	$0	$36,050
Current Penalty	$4,550	$15,000	$0	$0	$0	$19,550
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Serious	19260021 B02	08/26/1992	09/08/1992	$4,550	$4,550	$0		-
2.	02001	Willful	182065304 A	01/08/1993	01/13/1993	$15,000	$31,500	$0	01/28/1993	F - Formal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 998625

Event: 07/09/1992

EMPLOYEE DIES AFTER BEING STRUCK IN CHEST BY LOADER BUCKET

AT APPROXIMATELY 8:00 A.M. ON JULY 9, 1992, THE FOREMAN WAS OPERATING A CASE 1845 SKID STEER LOADER ON A HILL WITH AN APPROXIMATE 5:1 PITCH. THE BUCKET FACED DOWNHILL TO PULL A SILT FENCE AND POST FROM THE GROUND TO PREPARE FOR REMOVAL. THE OPERATOR WOULD POSITION THE BUCKET UNDER THE FENCE WHILE EMPLOYEE #1 WOULD WRAP THE FENCE ON THE BUCKET. THE OPERATOR WOULD THEN LIFT THE BUCKET STRAIGHT UP TO PULL UP THE FENCE. AS THE FENCE LIFTED OUT, THE OPERATOR WOULD MOVE AND REPOSITION TO CONTINUE LIFTING. ON THE THIRD LIFT, THE OPERATOR HAD THE BUCKET APPROXIMATELY 6 FEET IN THE AIR WHEN THE LOADER BECAME UNSTABLE AND BEGAN TO TIP FORWARD. THE OPERATOR LOWERED THE BUCKET TO STABILIZE THE LOADER. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE LOADER. IT APPEARS THAT AT THE SAME TIME THE OPERATOR WAS LOWERING THE BUCKET TO STABILIZE, EMPLOYEE #1 SLIPPED AND FELL AND THE LEFT CORNER OF THE BUCKET HIT HIS CHEST. HE DIED IN SURGERY LATER THAT DAY.

Keywords: CHEST, UNEVEN GROUND, LOADER BUCKET, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, STEEP GRADE, FALL, LOADER, STRUCK BY, SLOPE

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120434139			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Laborers, except construction

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