Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14349617 - Employee crushed and killed by excavator boom

Accident Summary Nr: 14349617 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 06/07/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101394898	06/08/1994	1629	0	Oddde Smith And Sons, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 9:15 a.m. on June 7, 1994, Employee #1, a foreman on a earthmoving construction site, climbed on a trackhoe excavator to determine why the throttle linkage was stuck in the engine rev-up position. He removed the bolts that secured the cover to the control panel for the throttle and bucket boom control stick. When Employee #1, who was positioned between the boom and cab of the excavator, raised the control panel cover, the boom control stick was forced forward. The boom lowered, crushing Employee #1 between the boom's hydraulic cylinder and the cab post. Employee #1 was pronounced dead at the scene from a massive crushing injury to the chest and abdomen.

Keywords: MAINTENANCE, BOOM, CONTROL LEVER, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, BACKHOE, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101394898			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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