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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 NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
30692879710/14/20031794238910Marucci 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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