OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14399059
HEAD,LOADER/BACKHOE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,STARTED IN GEAR,STRUCK BY,BACKHOE BUCKET,BACKING UP
Event description
Employee killed when struck by backhoe bucket
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 had placed a chain around a 15-in.-diameter reinforced concrete pipe and was preparing to hook the chain onto the bucket end of a John Deere 410B ba ckhoe/loader. The backhoe, which had been running idle for about 45 min to 1 hr with no one at the controls, was sitting on its tires with the loader bucket on the ground. The operator climbed on the machine, with the seat facing the backho e bucket. When he engaged the throttle to lower the outriggers, the machine move d rapidly backward. The bucket struck Employee #1 in the head, killing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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