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Accident: 201181930 - Employee Is Caught Between Vehicles And Crushed

Accident: 201181930 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 11/24/2003
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
30089445812/09/20031541J. Flores Construction Co., Inc.
At approximately 3:22 p.m. on November, 24, 2003, Employee #1, a foreman, was assisting a backhoe operator of a John Deere 410E Backhoe, loading pipes onto a flatbed truck, while on a hill. The backhoe was located further up the hill from the truck. On the first attempt to place the pipes on the bucket of the backhoe, the backhoe operator extended the boom toward the truck's bed, but it did not reach. The backhoe operator then lowered the bucket and attempted to reposition the backhoe closer to the truck when the backhoe slid down the hill striking Employee #1. Employee #1 sustained serious leg and tailbone injuries. Employee #1 was hospitalized and treated for his injuries. It was determined that the accident occurred as result of the backhoe not being stable on the hill by effective mechanical means.
Keywords: loading, buttocks, unstable surface, pipe, struck by, backhoe, unstable position
End Use Proj Type Proj Cost Stories NonBldgHt Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling Other Under $50,000 2 24
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation Construction
1 300894458 Hospitalized injury Bruise/Contus/Abras Supervisors; plumbers, pipefitters & steamfitters FallDist:
FallHt:
Cause: Dredging
FatCause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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