A Heavy Equipment Spotter Died When He Was Backed Over by a Front-end Loader Inside a Trash Collection Transfer Station

doi:10.26616/NIOSHSFACE01CA012

Advanced Search

Select up to three search categories and corresponding keywords using the fields to the right. Refer to the Help section for more detailed instructions.

Search our Collections & Repository

Advanced Search
Custom Query

All these words:

For very narrow results

This exact word or phrase:

When looking for a specific result

Any of these words:

Best used for discovery & interchangable words

None of these words:

Recommended to be used in conjunction with other fields

Language:

Dates

Publication Date Range:

to

Document Data

Title:

Document Type:

Library

Collection:

Series:

People

Author:

Clear All

Query Builder

Query box

Clear All

For additional assistance using the Custom Query please check out our Help Page

i

A Heavy Equipment Spotter Died When He Was Backed Over by a Front-end Loader Inside a Trash Collection Transfer Station

2002/09/04
By California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE) ...
Series: Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)

[PDF-230.86 KB]

English

Details You May Also Like

Details:

Corporate Authors:

California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE) ; California. Department of Health Services. Occupational Health Branch

California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE) ; California. Department of Health Services. Occupational Health Branch Less -
Description:

A 59-year-old male, working as a spotter for heavy equipment inside a trash collection transfer station, died a month after being backed over by a front-end loader. He was directing and controlling traffic and designating dumping areas on the floor inside the structure at the time of the incident. The operator of the front-end loader stated he did not see or hear the victim immediately prior to the incident. He said he last spoke to the victim approximately 2-3 minutes before the incident. The standard operating procedure was to not operate the heavy equipment within 15 feet of spotters, other pedestrians, or vehicles. The CA/FACE investigator determined that, in order to prevent future occurrences, employers, as part of their Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP) should: 1. Remove all spotters from the floor of transfer stations. 2. Consider using radios to supplement eye contact when communication is needed between the heavy equipment operator, truck drivers, and the spotter. 3. Consider using additional safety devices for heavy equipment to warn workers of a backing vehicle and to warn drivers when someone is in their blind spot.
Content Notes:

Publication Date provided by FACE program; not printed on the report.
Subjects:

[+]

Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

[+]

Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Accidents Drivers Equipment-operators Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 9 Protective-measures Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Traumatic-injuries Truck-drivers Warning-devices Warning-signals Warning-systems Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Hispanic (0009) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Machine General (0015) ; Foreign Born Workers (0022) ; ... More +

All (0000) ; Hispanic (0009) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Machine General (0015) ; Foreign Born Workers (0022) ; Energy Production (0024) Less -
Series:

Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
Subseries:

State
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE01CA012
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Funding:

Cooperative Agreement
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

California ; OSHA Region 9

California ; OSHA Region 9 Less -
CIO:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Topic:

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

7 pdf pages
NIOSHTIC Number:

20027290
NTIS Accession Number:

PB2007-111176
Citation:

Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 01CA012, 2002 Sep; :1-7
Federal Fiscal Year:

2002
Performing Organization:

California Department of Health Services
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

56 - Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

1991/09/30
End Date:

2006/08/31
Resource Number:

FACE-01CA012
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Main Document Checksum:

[+]

urn:sha-512:c23b6ea1485cbc7b3a2cb631cae8a9fd0a1876636681a40809ee10d76eb03c65218aa9ee60657c1b8133f27a9b24fee1ac936fbb7c9cef41f71215bb8740f007
Download URL:

https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/168942/cdc_168942_DS1.pdf
File Type:

No Additional Files

More +

A Heavy Equipment Spotter Died When He Was Backed Over by a Front-end Loader Inside a Trash Collection Transfer Station

Details:

Supporting Files

You May Also Like