Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201407780 - Employee Is Crushed and Killed by Backhoe Boom

Accident Summary Nr: 201407780 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 12/04/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308906460	12/28/2006	1795	238910	Larry Patrick

Abstract: On December 4, 2006, Employee #1 was working as a construction laborer for a demolition contractor. A Caterpillar backhoe was moving debris, when Employee #1 jumped up on the tracks, reached into the cab, and inadvertently activated the boom. He was crushed, and he was killed due to fractures to his chest.

Keywords: BACKHOE BOOM, CHEST, FRACTURE, DEMOLITION, CONTROL LEVER, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, BACKHOE

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308906460			Fatality	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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