OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14291892
RIDDLEBARGER BROTHERS, INC.
BRIDGEWATER, VA·
Event description
Employee killed between backhoe boom and outrigger
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was using a Case backhoe, model #580, product ID #17045862, to get a 5 ft piece of 2 in. cast iron pipe and a bucket of gravel. He had left the back hoe motor running while retrieving the piece of pipe and was standing between th e backhoe boom and the raised outrigger on the left side. While he was placing t he pipe in the left side of the cab area, it fell on the foot pedal. This caused the boom to swing to the left and pin Employee #1 against the raised outrigger. He was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 2
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