OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14379127
CLEARANCE,WALL,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,BACKHOE
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
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#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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