Accident Report Detail
Accident: 758110 - Employee Struck By Unstable Load Elevated On Loader
Accident: 758110 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 09/01/1987 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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103951737 | 09/01/1987 | 1761 | Pettigrew & Sons Inc | ||||
A 1978 Ford tractor, model #4400, equipped with forks, was being used to lift concrete paving blocks 15 ft to a roof. The maximum reach of a front end loader is only 8 ft. To make up the 7 ft difference, Employee #1, the tractor operator, stacked ten empty pallets on top of each other and then set a pallet containing 150 12 lb paving blocks on top of them. As Employee #1 moved toward the building one of the empty pallets broke, causing the load to fall back toward him. The front end loader did not have a load backrest sufficient to the support load, or overhead protection to protect Employee #1. He was injured by the falling load. | |||||||
Keywords:
front end loader, work rules, equipment operator, load shift, overloaded, construction, overhead protection, struck by, concrete block, unstable load
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 103951737 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Roofers |