Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202500708 - Employee injured when trackhoe overturns moving trench box

Accident Summary Nr: 202500708 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 09/26/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311377600	09/26/2007	1623	237110	Gaines And Company, Inc.

Abstract: On September 26, 2007, Employee #1, the foreman of a construction crew and a trained equipment operator, was using a Caterpillar trackhoe to lift a trench box out of an excavation. Having cleared the trench, he swung the box around over an open driving lane and over a chain-link fence adjacent to the property. He apparently swung the trench box too quickly and the load moved ahead of the bucket, causing the trackhoe to tip over onto its side. Employee #1's injuries did not require hospitalization.

Keywords: UNSECURED, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, LOAD SHIFT, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, MECH MAT HANDLING, BACKHOE, OVERTURN, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311377600			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Excavating and loading machine operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Lifting operations

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