Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201610557 - Employee injured when pinned by a backhoe

Accident Summary Nr: 201610557 -- Report ID: 1054118 -- Event Date: 08/12/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302048947	08/17/1998	1623	0	Hawkeye Construction Inc

Abstract: At approximately 4:30 p.m. on August 12, 1998, Employee #1 a backhoe operator was attempting to climb an 80-degree slope. However, the backhoe started to slide and after sliding for approximately 200 ft, it then rolled another 300 ft. After traveling the 500 ft distance the backhoe came to rest upside down pinning Employee #1. He was extricated from the backhoe and transported to McKenzie Willamette Hospital where it was determined that he had suffered a broken vertebra.

Keywords: FRACTURE, PINNED, ROLL-OVER, VERTEBRA, BACKHOE, SLOPE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302048947			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Grader, dozer and scraper operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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