Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201147311 - Employee Fractures Ribs When Struck by Backhoe Boom

Accident Summary Nr: 201147311 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 10/03/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305356594	12/15/2005	1623	237130	Herman Weissker

Abstract: On October 3, 2005, Employee #1 and a coworker were working for an firm that constructed underground utilities. Employee #1 was not a contract employee. The two workers were unloading a palletized stack of clay sewer pipes from a flatbed truck. Their plan was to move the pallet to the edge of the flatbed and then lift the pallet with a forklift. They were going to tie the pallet with a rope to the bucket of a backhoe and slide it to the edge of the flatbed. The coworker was operating a Case 580 Super L backhoe, with Serial Number 100002, while Employee #1 was on the flatbed, fastening a rope to the bucket of the backhoe. The backhoe boom swung over inadvertently and knocked Employee #1 off the flatbed onto a pile of pipes. Employee #1 sustained several fractured ribs and a collapsed left lung. He was hospitalized for one week.

Keywords: SEWER, FRACTURE, BOOM, PALLETIZED CARGO, RIB, PALLET, PIPE, STRUCK BY, FLATBED TRUCK, BACKHOE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305356594			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause: Other

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