Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200621720 - Employee Killed When Caught Between Backhoe Arm And Bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 200621720 -- Report ID: 0454714 -- Event Date: 10/01/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304499874	10/02/2001	1794	0	Headrick Excavating Llc

Abstract: Employee #1 was working alone and attempted to load a 13-ft long 8-in. in diameter sewer pipe onto a backhoe. Employee #1 either dropped or laid the pipe on the foot controls of the backhoe causing the back boom to swing around pinning him between the back outrigger and the back boom bucket of the backhoe. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: SEWER, OUTRIGGER, BOOM, FOOT CONTROL, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, PIPE, BACKHOE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Other		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304499874			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Unloading-loading equipment/material (except by cr

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