Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170766901 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Tractor

Accident Summary Nr: 170766901 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 10/06/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125475400	10/19/2010	4212	484110	Shuster'S Transportation, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 4:00 p.m. on October 6, 2010, Employee #1 was a mechanic at a remote logging operation. He was reinstalling a woven metal brush screen on the ROPS for the high track 7 crawler-tractor. Employee #1 was using a long pry bar to position the screen to align the last bolt hole. His hand slipped on the pry bar hand and he lost his balance. He was injured when he fell to the tractor track that he was standing on, rolled off the track and fell to the ground. He was hospitalized at Howard Memorial for treatment of a fracture to his hip at the leg joint.

Keywords: FRACTURE, MECHANIC, ROPS, FALL, SLIPPERY SURFACE, LOGGING, LOST BALANCE, HIP, LEG, PRY BAR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125475400			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Not specified mechanics and repairers

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