Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170900799 - Employee killed when crushed by backhoe attachment

Accident Summary Nr: 170900799 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 05/08/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126053172	05/08/1997	1611	0	Mvw Inc

Abstract: At approximately 10:20 a.m. on May 8, 1997, Employee #1 was checking the backhoe attachment to the Bobcat he had been using to excavate access holes in the street. He had felt something was loose and the foreman/company owner told him to check on it. Employee #1 was sitting in the driver's seat swinging the backhoe attachment from left to right when it disconnected from the Bobcat. The attachment came back and struck Employee #1, crushing his chest against the Bobcat controls. He died of blunt force trauma.

Keywords: REPAIR, UNSECURED, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, BACKHOE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2	10	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126053172			Fatality	Other	Supervisors, material moving equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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