Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201042124 - Employee Is Killed When Crushed by Backhoe Boom

Accident Summary Nr: 201042124 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 02/14/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308217561	02/14/2005	1629	237990	Malcolm Drilling Company, Inc.

Abstract: On February 14, 2005, Employee #1 had dismounted a backhoe with the engine running and the boom in the upraised position. He retrieved a pneumatic chipping hammer from a nearby toolbox and put it in the rear left side of the cab. The pneumatic chipping hammer weighed approximately 35-40 pounds and was placed on top of the left swing pedal. This activated the boom causing it to move to the left, pinning Employee #1 against the upraised stabilizer. A nearby heavy equipment operator used the backhoe controls to move the boom to the right to free Employee #1. Employee #1 died.

Keywords: ABDOMEN, BOOM, WORK RULES, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, STRUCK BY, BACKHOE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308217561			Fatality	Other	Operating engineers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site clearing and grubbing Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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