Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170625826 - Employee's leg injured when pinned by falling tree stump

Accident Summary Nr: 170625826 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 03/13/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119977494	07/19/2000	7997	0	Fort Washington Golf & Country Club

Abstract: Employee #1 and coworkers were removing the stump of a tree they had just felled. The crew dug around the stump and placed it in the bucket of a Case loader. As the load was being raised, the front wheels of the tractor slid into the hole left by the stump. Employee #1, the driver, tried to rock the tractor out of the hole. He raised the bucket too high and continued rocking the tractor. It rocked so hard that the stump came out of the bucket and landed on Employee #1, pinning his left leg. He sustained serious leg injuries, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: UNSECURED, PINNED, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, STUCK VEHICLE, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, LOADER, FALLING OBJECT, LEG, UNSTABLE LOAD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119977494			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers

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