Accident Report Detail
Accident: 105965.015 - Employee Falls From Tractor While Preparing It To Be Painted
Accident: 105965.015 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 05/15/2018 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1318820.015 | 05/22/2018 | Caterpillar, Inc. | |||||
At 6:20 a.m. on May 15, 2018, an employee had driving a PL-83 pipe laying tractor to the paint load station and was beginning to sand a portion of it prior to painting it. The employee tripped and fell backwards 2 feet onto the tracks, rolled off of them, and fell approximately 5 feet to the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with multiple rib fractures and several contusions. | |||||||
Keywords:
rib, fracture, fall, contusion, tripped, tractor
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 1318820.015 | 55 | M | Hospitalized injury | Bruise/Contus/Abras | Painting and paint spraying machine operators |