Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170873038 - Employee Is Injured When Struck by Backhoe

Accident Summary Nr: 170873038 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 07/25/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120152236	07/31/2002	1781	0	Eaton Drilling Co., Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 4:20 p.m. on July 25, 2002, Employee #1 was part of a crew that was cleaning up at drilling site PM 1.0, a 400 ft water well they had finished drilling in Oroville, CA. The crew was putting away material and equipment on a truck trailer. Employee #1 and a backhoe operator placed the last of the timber blocking into bins underneath the trailer. The coworker then started to move the backhoe away from the trailer to wait for the truck to move out. Employee #1 was standing in front of the equipment when the coworker revved the backhoe engine, causing it to lurch forward. The backhoe struck Employee #1, pinning him against the side of the trailer. He sustained two fractured wrists and other fractures. First aid was provided at the scene before Employee #1 was flown by Life Flight to Enloe Hospital in Chico, CA.

Keywords: FRACTURE, VEHICLE IN GEAR, PINNED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, DRILL RIG--NON-OIL, LOADER, LOST CONTROL, BACKHOE, WRIST

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120152236			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Drillers, earth	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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