Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200370617 - Employee killed when crushed by backhoe bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 200370617 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 10/05/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302425483	10/06/1999	1741	0	South Point Masonry

Abstract: An equipment operator was using a mini-excavator to break up loose stone. He was in the process of piling up more stone when his bucket inadvertently picked up the air hose to a compressor. Employee #1 and a coworker were walking over to the air compressor when the excavator operator started to move the bucket away. It struck Employee #1 and the coworker, pinning them against the air compressor. Employee #1 sustained abdominal injuries, from which he died.

Keywords: ABDOMEN, PINNED, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, EXCAVATOR, STRUCK BY, INATTENTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302425483			Fatality	Other	Helpers, construction trades

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