Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200040202 - Employee killed when struck by falling backhoe bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 200040202 -- Report ID: 0653510 -- Event Date: 06/22/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302263264	06/23/1998	1623	0	B & H Maintenance

Abstract: At approximately 11:15 a.m. on June 22, 1998, Employee #1, part of a pipeline crew with B & H Maintenance and Construction, Inc., was attaching a chain from an internal pneumatic mandrel (IMP 30-32) to a backhoe bucket that would lift the mandrel and slide it into a pipe that was being inserted into the bending machine. As the backhoe operator was setting the front bucket and Employee #1 was about to hook the chain to the rear bucket, the operator accidentally struck a control lever that caused the rear bucket to drop. It struck Employee #1 on the back of the head, killing him.

Keywords: HEAD, CONTROL LEVER, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, BACKHOE, BACKHOE BUCKET, INATTENTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		Maintenance or repair		$500,000 to $1,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302263264			Fatality	Concussion	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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