OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14194294
FERGUSON TRENCHING CO INC
ANNAPOLIS, MD—
Event description
EMPLOYEE DIRECTING TRAFFIC RUN OVER BY A FRONT- END LOADER
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was standing in the center of a street diverting traffic to allow a ng device, but at the time of the incident, the warning device was not operating . caterpillar front-end loader to back up. This front - end loader has Model Numbe r 920, vehicle Identification Number 76-920a, and Serial Number 62K3182. Employe e # 2, the operator of the front-end loader, lost eye contact with Employee #1 a s he backed up the front - end loader into the middle of the street. Employee #2 steered the front- end loader directly at Employee #1, running over him with th e left wheel of the loader. Workers were in the process of unloading 8- inch pip es from a truck at the time of the incident. Employee #1 sustained multiple frac tures of the pelvic bone. The front-end loader was equipped with a back-up warni
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 856
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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