Accident Report Detail
Accident: 126334.015 - Employee Is Struck And Killed By Falling Backhoe Bucket
Accident: 126334.015 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 05/21/2020 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1475974.015 | 05/21/2020 | Gabilan Oaks, Llc | |||||
At approximately 12:42 or 1:00 p.m. on May 21, 2020, an employee was working for a golf course and country club. He was unbolting a motor from a pallet. He was using a backhoe to lift the motor. One of the hydraulic lines on the backhoe failed, by coming out of its swage. The backhoe arm fell. The backhoe's bucket struck the employee in the head and pinned him on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured skull. He was killed. The Division was notified at approximately 1:30 p.m. later that day. Someone from the Division arrived at the worksite also later that day and met with the employer. | |||||||
Keywords:
pinned, struck by, skull, couplings, malfunction, backhoe, floor opening, floor hole, overhead protection, hydraulic line, fracture, equipment failure, falling object, training, heat-related illness , bucket , ppe
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 1475974.015 | 37 | M | Fatality | Other | Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm |