Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201102993 - Employee killed when crushed between outrigger and boom

Accident Summary Nr: 201102993 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 10/30/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125749754	10/30/2002	1731	238210	Giacalone Electrical Services, Inc.

Abstract: On October 30, 2002, Employee #1, a backhoe operator, drove a CAT Backhoe 416C to a supply yard at a new housing development site to retrieve material. He put the backhoe in neutral, dismounted, and manually loaded several bundles of PTS pipe into the loader's bucket. Employee #1 then walked between the outrigger and the boom to place a bundle of PTS pipe on the floor between the driver's seat and the wheel well. The pipe bundle activated the left foot boom throttle; the boom crushed Employee #1 between the boom and the left outrigger, and killed him.

Keywords: OUTRIGGER, BOOM, FOOT CONTROL, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, PIPE, BACKHOE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Excavation, landfill		New project or new addition		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125749754			Fatality	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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