Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 68369.015 - Employee is crushed and killed by falling Bobcat bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 68369.015 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 10/02/2014
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
998778.015	10/02/2014		115114	Wbt Ag Services, Inc

Abstract: At 8:30 a.m. on October 2, 2014, an employee was performing maintenance work on a Bobcat 7753 by replacing hydraulic hoses in the engine compartment that supplied hydraulic pressure in the operation of the bucket. The employee had loosened a hydraulic hose which had supplied the hydraulic pressure holding the bucket arms elevated. Once the pressure had been released the arms dropped toward the ground pinning the employee between the left arm and the rim of the engine compartment. The employee sustained crushing chest injuries and was killed.

Keywords: Blocks, Chest, Crushed, Falling Object, Maintenance, Pinned, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	998778.015	61	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction

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