Accident Report Detail
Accident: 202357224 - Employee Injured When Struck By Backhoe In Reverse
Accident: 202357224 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 04/28/2005 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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308721752 | 04/29/2005 | 1623 | D & L Utilities, Inc. | ||||
On April 28, 2005, Employee #1 was installing underground telephone communication cable at a multi-unit residential construction site. He was trying to pull the cable through a conduit when a backhoe came near to his work area, traveling in reverse. The driver did not see Employee #1 and the backhoe's bucket struck him on the left side of his head. He suffered a concussion and was transported to the local hospital. | |||||||
Keywords:
head, installing, construction, undrgrd installation, struck by, concussion, backhoe, backing up
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Multi-family dwelling | New project or new addition | $500,000 to $1,000,000 | 3 | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 308721752 | Non Hospitalized injury | Concussion | Telephone line installers and repairers | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) FatCause: Struck by falling object/projectile |