OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14399075
CLEARANCE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,ARM,BACKHOE
Event description
Employee dies after arm crushed between equipment in trench
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a laborer, was compacting soil in an approximately 2 1/2 ft deep by 3 ft wide trench that had been previously backfilled. The walk-behind compactor has its controls at the very top center of the machine. Employee #1's arm was l ocated at the operating controls, and he was steering the compactor underneath a backhoe that was straddling the trench. As he guided the compactor under the ba ckhoe, there was not enough room to clear the frame and Employee #1's arm became trapped between the two pieces of equipment. He suffered a crushing injury to h is right arm; subsequent complications led to his death.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 21
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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