Accident Report Detail
Accident: 202356739 - Employee Injured When Struck By Backhoe Bucket
Accident: 202356739 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 04/25/2005 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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308737618 | 04/25/2005 | 1542 | Morgan-Keller, Inc. | ||||
Employee #1 and a coworker were lowering a 6 ft, 5 in.-square rebar mat into an excavation. As the employees were kneeling down to lower the rebar mat, an operator began moving a nearby backhoe. The operator swung the backhoe bucket and struck Employee #1 on the back of his shoulder and head, and knocked him into the excavation. Employee #1 was transported by air to Prince George Hospital Center where he was hospitalized for treatment of head, neck, and back injuries. | |||||||
Keywords:
head, struck by, backhoe, backhoe bucket
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Commercial building | New project or new addition | $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 | 2 | 25 | |||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 308737618 | Hospitalized injury | Other | Construction laborers | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Excavation FatCause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons |