Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 130899.015 - Employee in excavation is struck by falling backhoe and kill

Accident Summary Nr: 130899.015 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 11/03/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1500959.015	11/04/2020		236115	Texcon General Contractors

Abstract: At 4:50 p.m. on November 3, 2020, Employee #1 and a coworker, employed by a pipeline construction company, were laying reinforced concrete piping in an excavation. Employee #1 was in the excavation and preparing to lay the next section of pipe. The coworker was operating a backhoe excavator, which he was positioning near the excavation to assist Employee #1. During this process, the coworker idled the backhoe's engine, which caused the backhoe to immediately move in reverse. The backhoe backed up and dropped into the excavation, striking Employee #1. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: Backhoe, Backing Up, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Pipe, Construction, Construction vehicle, Equipment Operator, Excavation, Excavator, Falling Object, Installing, Pipeline, Struck By, Undrgrd Installation

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		New project or new addition					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1500959.015	65	M	Fatality		Pipelayer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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