OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1005008
SYRACUSE CITY DPW
SYRACUSE, NY·
Event description
Employee injured when payloader overturned
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, of the DPW, was operating a Clark payloader, model 55-C, to remove #1 was not wearing the provided safety seat belt because it was not intact and half of the belt was missing. snow from the city streets. At an intersection on a hill, the street light chang ed to red, forcing the driver to come to a complete stop. At the same time, the engine stalled and the payloader proceeded to roll backward down the street. Emp loyee #1 applied the foot brake, but it was ineffective. As he tried to steer th e payloader into a nearby parking lot, it struck a snow-covered tree stump and f lipped over. Employee #1 was thrown against the inside of the payloader cab, sus taining a bruised and dislocated shoulder and a neck injury. He was taken to the emergency room at a local hospital, where he was treated and released. Employee
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 9
- Part of body
- 21
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 859
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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