Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202220810 - One Is Killed, One Is Injured When Backhoe Loader Overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 202220810 -- Report ID: 0111100 -- Event Date: 07/27/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315717710	07/27/2011	1623	237120	Bowdoin Excavation Llc

Abstract: Shortly before 3:00 p.m on July 27, 2011, Employee #1, a 23-year-old laborer, and Employee #2, a backhoe loader operator, were working at the site of a previously excavated trench, part of a natural gas line project in Bangor, Maine. Employee #2 was driving a Caterpillar 420E backhoe loader across a steep slope (measuring 32 to 40 degrees) located above the trench. Employee #1 was positioned on the downhill side of the slope, a position inappropriate for his task. The backhoe loader's bucket, a side dump unit, was loaded with gravel. As Employee #2 drove the backhoe loader forward while side dumping the gravel, the backhoe loader overturned. Employee #1 was killed when the backhoe frame struck him and crushed his chest. Employee #2 received minor cuts and bruises. Both employees were employed by Bowdoin Excavation LLC, North Yarmouth, Maine.

Keywords: CHEST, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, STEEP GRADE, CRUSHED, LACERATION, STRUCK BY, BACKHOE, BACKHOE BUCKET, OVERTURN

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	315717710			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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