OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14511505
TRIPLE M, INC.
SAN ANTONIO, TX·
Event description
CRUSHED UNDER WHEELS OF BACKHOE
Investigation abstract
THE EMPLOYEES WERE SHOOTING A HOLE HOG ACROSS A FLOWER TRAIL. EMPLOYEE #1, A BAC KHOE OPERATOR, HAD PULLED A CASE 850 BACKHOE, SERIAL #8727945, INTO THE MIDDLE O F THE FLOWER TRAIL. THE SUPERINTENDENT INSTRUCTED EMPLOYEE #1 TO MOVE THE BACKHO E TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE FLOWER TRAIL AND START DIGGING. EMPLOYEE #1 STOOD ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BACKHOE. WITH HIS LEFT HAND HE PULLED THE THROTTLE. WITH H IS RIGHT HAND, HOLDING A LARGE POCKET KNIFE, HE JUMP STARTED THE BACKHOE. EMPLOY EE #1 DID NOT KNOW THAT THE BACKHOE WAS IN GEAR. THE BACKHOE STARTED FORWARD. TH E RIGHT REAR TIRE RAN OVER EMPLOYEE #1'S HEAD AND SHOULDER, KILLING HIM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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