Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14399059 - Employee killed when struck by backhoe bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 14399059 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 04/27/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103634937	05/01/1989	1623	0	Buckelew Construction

Abstract: Employee #1 had placed a chain around a 15-in.-diameter reinforced concrete pipe and was preparing to hook the chain onto the bucket end of a John Deere 410B backhoe/loader. The backhoe, which had been running idle for about 45 min to 1 hr with no one at the controls, was sitting on its tires with the loader bucket on the ground. The operator climbed on the machine, with the seat facing the backhoe bucket. When he engaged the throttle to lower the outriggers, the machine moved rapidly backward. The bucket struck Employee #1 in the head, killing him.

Keywords: HEAD, LOADER/BACKHOE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, STARTED IN GEAR, STRUCK BY, BACKHOE BUCKET, BACKING UP

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103634937			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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