OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14567598

FRACTURE,FRONT END LOADER,WORK RULES,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,INTOXICATED,FALL,RUN OVER,LEG

1984-09-05T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE,FRONT END LOADER,WORK RULES,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,INTOXICATED,FALL,RUN OVER,LEG
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14567598
Report ID: 454510

Event description

Employee breaks leg when run over by front end loader

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 normally operated a front end loader for the Janicula Paving Company oader while it was moving, he slipped and fell. The loader ran over him, breakin g his leg. Most witnesses believed that Employee #1 had been drinking. , but on the day of the accident he had been assigned another task by the superi ntendent. Employee #1 finished that task early and returned to the job site, a c ar dealership, where he had been working the previous day. A coworker was moving dirt in preparation for paving the parking lot, using the front end loader that Employee #1 normally operated. Employee #1 demanded that the coworker get off t he loader and let him operate it. The coworker refused, stating that the superin tendent had told him to operate it. Employee #1 then switched off the machine, a nd the coworker started it again. When Employee #1 attempted to climb into the l

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 34 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
16

Event type
1

Source
30

Occupation code
855

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
2

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