Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200101764 - Employee Struck and Killed by Bucket of Backhoe

Accident Summary Nr: 200101764 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 10/13/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306928797	10/14/2003	1794	238910	Marucci And Gaffney

Abstract: Employee #1 was working in an excavation box on a sewer line. A coworker, backhoe operator, moved the bucket down into the end of the box to move the box back toward the backhoe, when the bucket of the backhoe fell off the end of the backhoe and struck Employee #1. Employee #1 was taken to the hospital, where he died as a result of his injuries.

Keywords: SEWER, EXCAVATION, TRENCH, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, BACKHOE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		New project or new addition		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306928797			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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