Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report for California: A Construction Laborer Was Run Over by a Front-End Loader.

摘要

A 19 year-old male construction laborer, performing the duties of a grade checker and directing traffic at a construction site, was inadvertently backed over by a front-end loader. The victim entered the moving equipments immediate work area. The equipment operator lost sight of the victim as he operated the front-end loader. The front-end loaders back-up alarm was not working at the time of the incident. The company did not have a written code of safe practices that covered the hazards of working in close proximity of moving heavy equipment. 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) Ensure employees remain out of the immediate area where heavy equipment is operating; (2) Ensure that when visual contact is lost with workers on foot, the equipment operator stops the heavy equipment and does not resume until visual contact is re-established; (3) Ensure that the equipment being used has a working back-up alarm; (4) Ensure that Injury and Illness Prevention Programs include a written code of safe practices on all hazards associated with the work being performed; (5) Ensure employees are adequately trained and that workers achievement of skills is verified through a testing program.