Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170052070 - Employee injured when struck in face by backhoe bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 170052070 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 03/02/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108173717	03/02/1990	1623	0	Arizona Pipeline Company

Abstract: At approximately 10:15 a.m. on May 2, 1990, Employee #1 was leveling a bottom section of an approximately 91 ft long by 24 in. wide by 53 in. deep trench. He was called by the foreman, who was operating a backhoe, to assist in finding a sunken utility vault. The foreman raised the backhoe bucket from the trench and dumped the load into a truck. As he prepared to lower the bucket back into the trench, Employee #1 walked into its path. He was struck on the left cheek and lower chest, and was hospitalized for treatment of multiple lacerations.

Keywords: CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, TRENCH, LACERATION, STRUCK BY, FACE, BACKHOE, BACKHOE BUCKET, COMMUNICATION, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108173717			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Construction laborers

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