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Accident: 201037645 - Employee Sustains Fractures When Compactor Falls

Accident: 201037645 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 06/22/2005
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
30547942008/16/20051771West Coast Backhoe Services Inc
On June 22, 2005, Employee #1, a truck driver, was a full-time employee working for a backhoe and dump truck construction contractor. He was leaning over the tongue of a trailer, attached to a dump truck, that was used to transport backhoes to and from jobsites. A skid loader, similar to a Bobcat, had just been loaded into the bed of the dump truck, and a backhoe with a circular compactor attached to the main arm was being used to close the tailgate on the dump truck. As Employee #1 leaned over the tongue of the trailer retrieving some wood, the compactor fell off the arm. The compactor, which weighed about 600 pounds, fell approximately four feet. It landed on Employee #1's upper back. He sustained fractured ribs and a broken nose. He required 14 days of hospitalization for treatment for his injuries.
Keywords: backhoe boom, fracture, nose, trailer hitch, rib, loader, struck by, falling object, backhoe, dump truck bed
End Use Proj Type Proj Cost Stories NonBldgHt Fatality
Other heavy construction Other Under $50,000
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 305479420 Hospitalized injury Other Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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