Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201622586 - Employee Is Injured When Struck by Front End Bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 201622586 -- Report ID: 1054116 -- Event Date: 08/21/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312178346	08/28/2008	1611	237310	Tidewater Contractors Inc

Abstract: At approximately 4:00 p.m. on August 21, 2008, an employee and coworkers were loading heavy concrete blocks onto a truck trailer. The operator drove up to the blocks. The employee was standing on a block and between the loader and other blocks waiting to hook the next block on the loader bucket. The loader approached the blocks and lowered the front end bucket pinching the employee between the loader bucket and blocks. The employee' fractured his hip and pelvis. The employee was transferred to a hospital in California, where he was hospitalized and treated for the fractures.

Keywords: FRACTURE, FRONT END LOADER, TRAILER TRUCK, CAUGHT BETWEEN, PELVIS, STRUCK BY, HIP, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Other		$500,000 to $1,000,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312178346			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous plant and system operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Bituminous concrete placement Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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