OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14278121
WORK RULES,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,BACKHOE,BACKHOE BUCKET
Event description
Employee killed when struck by backhoe bucket
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and a coworker were using a backhoe to put up a retaining wall. The backhoe was tilting a stone by using the teeth on the bucket when the teeth slip ped off the stone. Employee #1 was struck by the backhoe bucket and killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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