Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200812766 - Backhoe Failure Causes Bucket to Strike Worker, Killing Him

Accident Summary Nr: 200812766 -- Report ID: 0627400 -- Event Date: 10/16/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312386436	10/16/2008	1611	237310	Granite Construction Company

Abstract: On October 16, 2008, equipment failure occurred at a new road construction site. The hydraulic line of a backhoe failed, and the backhoe's bucket fell, which struck a construction worker. The injury that resulted was an unspecified fracture, and the worker was killed.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HIGHWAY, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, HYDRAULIC LINE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, BACKHOE, BACKHOE BUCKET

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312386436			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing culverts and incidental drainage Fatality Cause: Lifting operations

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