OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14379127

PELMORE CONSTRUCTION ENTERPRISES

CHAMPAIGN, IL· 1986-04-03T00:00:00

Event: CLEARANCE, WALL, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, BACKHOE
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #101762169
Employer profile: PELMORE CONSTRUCTION ENTERPRISES
Summary number: 14379127
Report ID: 524500

Event description

Employee killed when crushed between backhoe and wall

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a truck driver, approached a Case 880 backhoe from the operator's b lind side. When he attempted to pass between the swinging superstructure of the backhoe and a concrete wall, he was crushed between the machine and the wall. Em ployee #1 was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 39 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
5

Event type
2

Source
30

Occupation code
599

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
4

Task assigned
2

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