OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #992875
KNEE,HEAD,FRONT END LOADER,LOADER BUCKET,FALL,LOST BALANCE,HAND,UNSTABLE POSITION
Event description
Employee injured in fall from loader bucket
Investigation abstract
On March 16, 1987, Employee #1 was removing a tarp from a semi-truck while stand ing in the bucket of a Caterpillar 950 Highlift front end loader. While he was r olling up the tarp, it caught and slipped out of his hands. This caused him to f all out of the bucket 10 feet to the ground. He injured his right knee, left han d and elbow, and the left side of his head, breaking his glasses. He was treated at Erie County Community Hospital and released.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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