Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 68777.015 - Employee is crushed and killed when caught between hydraulic

Accident Summary Nr: 68777.015 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 10/27/2014
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1004833.015	10/27/2014		237110	Site Utility Systems Llc

Abstract: At approximately 10:30 a.m. on October 27, 2014, an employee was placing a two gallon water container onto a backhoe. The employee filled a two gallon Igloo water jug from a water truck and then he loaded the water jug onto a backhoe, setting the water jug on top of the hydraulic controls, right swing pedal that operated the right boom control of the backhoe. The engine was running on the backhoe and the hydraulic controls were live. The employee was an unauthorized and untrained backhoe user and was caught between hydraulic bucket boom and outrigger of a backhoe. The employee was crushed and killed between the boom and the outrigger that was in the upright position for traveling.

Keywords: Backhoe, Caught Between, Struck By

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		Other					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1004833.015	52	M	Fatality		Pipelayer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing underground plumbing conduit Fatality Cause:

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