OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14296156
BOOM,ROPS,CRUSHED,BACKHOE,OVERTURN
Event description
CRUSHED BY TOPPLING BACKHOE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FURNISHED WITH A RENTED WHEELED TRACTOR WITH A FRONT END LOADER IPPING. HE INITIALLY JUMPED WELL CLEAR OF THE TRACTOR. FOR SOME REASON HE MOVED BACK TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE TRACTOR, INTO THE PATH OF THE DESCENDING BOOM. THE TRACTOR SUDDENLY BEGAN TIPPING MUCH FASTER. THE UPPER END OF THE BACKHOE BOOM ST RUCK HIM IN THE BACK, PINNING HIM TO THE GROUND. HE WAS CRUSHED. BACKHOE ATTACHMENT. HE WAS FILLING IN AN EXCAVATED AREA IN A SWAMPY CLEARING IN THE WOODS. HE MADE SOME SMALL HOLES WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO GET OUT OF A LOW SPOT. HE BEGAN FILLING UP THE HOLES HE HAD MADE. WHEN HE WAS NEARLY FINISHED HE SCOOP ED UP SOME DIRT WITH THE BUCKET AND RAISED IT. HIS LEFT FRONT WHEEL THEN WENT IN TO A HOLE, CAUSING THE TRACTOR TO SLOWLY TIP OVER. THE BACKHOE BOOM WAS IN THE F OLDED UP POSITION, EXTENDING ABOUT TEN FEET INTO THE AIR. ALTHOUGH THE TRACTOR W AS EQUIPPED WITH A ROPS AND SEAT BELT, THE OPERATOR DECIDED TO TRY TO JUMP CLEAR . HE JUMPED TO THE LEFT, WHICH WAS THE SAME DIRECTION IN WHICH THE TRACTOR WAS T
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 853
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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