Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170843551 - Employee thrown from tractor seat

Accident Summary Nr: 170843551 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 04/08/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119623668	04/12/2002	1521	0	Frontier Contracting Inc.

Abstract: On April 8, 2002, Employee #1 was driving a wheeled tractor loader along the paved path of an embankment 50 ft above a live creek. Employee #1 was seated on the tractor moving backwards on the Case 580K back-hoe with a partial load in the loader bucket. Employee #1 was ejected from the seat when tractor unexpectedly broke through the asphaltic layer and turned downhill. Employee #1 was not belted in and as the tractor bounced and slid down hill he was thrown out up hill. The tractor rolled over onto its side and slid down the 50-ft. rip-rap slope. Employee #1 sustained a cut to the back of his head and a sprain to his left ankle. Factors that contributed this accident are Employee #1 not having his seat belt fastened and the construction site being along a steep creek bank. Employee #1 was not hospitalized.

Keywords: EJECTED, HEAD, WORK RULES, LACERATION, LOADER, TRACTOR, BACKHOE, SPRAIN, ANKLE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	119623668			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 5 feet Cause: Landscaping Fatality Cause: Fall from vehicle (vehicle/construction equipment)

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