OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14554687

FRONT END LOADER,REBAR,WORK RULES,LEG,FRACTURE,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE LOAD

1990-03-30T00:00:00

Event: FRONT END LOADER,REBAR,WORK RULES,LEG,FRACTURE,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE LOAD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14554687
Report ID: 728900

Event description

Employee's leg broken by falling rebar

Investigation abstract

At approximately 10:30 a.m. on March 19, 1990, Employee #1 was placing dunnage o n the ground to hold rebar which was to be hoisted by a crane onto a bridge unde r construction. A Caterpillar 966 front end loader with a fork attachment was be ing used to place the rebar on the dunnage when some of the rebar fell from the forks of the loader and struck Employee #1. He suffered a broken leg and was hos pitalized for several days.

Victims (2)

#1 Hospitalized Age 41 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
18

Event type
1

Source
27

Occupation code
597

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1
#981 Degree 0 Age 0

Nature of injury
0

Part of body
0

Event type
0

Source
0

Occupation code
0

Human factor
0

Environmental factor
0

Task assigned
0

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