Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14565469 - STRUCK BY BOOM OF BACKHOE AS IT WAS OVERTURNING

Accident Summary Nr: 14565469 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 08/31/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14593123	09/05/1984	4971	0	Smithville Canal Company

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 AND THREE OTHER MEN WERE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A 755 FORD BACKHOE THAT WAS STUCK IN A CANAL. THEY WERE USING AN 806 INTERNATIONAL TRACTOR. THEY HOOKED A CHAIN TO THE BACKHOE AND PULLED THE REAR WHEELS OUT OF THE CANAL ONTO SOLID GROUND. THE CHAIN WAS UNHOOKED AND THE TRACTOR WAS REPOSITIONED SO THAT A STRAIGHTER PULL COULD BE MADE. EMPLOYEE #1 REHOOKED THE CHAIN AND PLACED HIMSELF BETWEEN THE TRACTOR AND THE BACKHOE ON THE CANAL SIDE. ON EMPLOYEE #1'S INSTRUCTIONS, THE TRACTOR STARTED PULLING THE BACKHOE. THE BOOM OF THE BACKHOE STARTED SWINGING TOWARDS THE CANAL. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STRUCK IN THE CHEST BY THE BOOM. THE OVERBALANCED WEIGHT OF THE BOOM CAUSED THE BACKHOE TO OVERTURN AND LAND UPSIDE DOWN IN THE CANAL. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS NOT PINNED BY THE BACKHOE, BUT DIED APPROXIMATELY THREE AND ONE HALF HOURS LATER FROM CRUSHING INJURIES TO HIS CHEST.

Keywords: BACKHOE BOOM, CHEST, BOOM, STRUCK BY, BACKHOE, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	14593123			Fatality	Other	Supervisors, farm workers

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