OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221437809

DURAN'S PAVING RENTALS, INC.

EAST PALO ALTO, CA· 2021-09-08T00:00:00

Event: Adjust, Asphalt, Backing Up, Broken Bone, Commercial Building, Construction, Construction vehicle, Crushed, Driving, Engineering Controls, Fibula, Fracture, Laborer, Lack of Engineering Controls, Leg, Material Handling, Motor Vehicle, Obstructed Rear View, Obstructed View, Skid Steer loader, Struck Against, Tibia, Unsafe Position
NAICS: 324122
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345528335
Employer profile: DURAN'S PAVING RENTALS, INC.
Summary number: 221437809
Report ID: 0950613
Project type: A
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee fractures legs when struck by skid steer backing up

Investigation abstract

At 8:00 a.m. on September 8, 2021, an employee working as a construction laborer for an asphalt materials manufacturer was adjusting the mirrors for a coworker operating a skid steer. The employee was walking toward the front of the vehicle as the operator started backing up. The employee was crushed between a handrail and the vehicle bucket. The employee was hospitalized to treat bilateral tibia and fibular fractures to both legs.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 51 M

Event type
6

Occupation code
7010

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