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Accident: 14528277 - Construction Worker Crushed By Equipment Counterweight

Accident: 14528277 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 04/26/1988
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
10630934704/28/19881611Pennington Construction, Inc.
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO CONNECT A CHAIN TO A STORM DRAIN PIPE LOCATED ADJACENT TO A "TRACK HOE" BEING USED TO DIG A TRENCH. WHEN THE "TRACK HOE" SWIVELED TO DUMP A LOAD OF DIRT INTO A DUMP TRUCK THE COUNTERWEIGHT STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 AND CRUSHED HIM AGAINST THE STORM DRAIN PIPE. HE WAS KILLED.
Keywords: counterbalance, drain pipe, work rules, construction, crushed, backhoe, inattention
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 106309347 Fatality Bruise/Contus/Abras Construction laborers

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