OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14516348
PIN,UNSECURED,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,BACKHOE
Event description
BACKHOE OPERATOR CRUSHED BETWEEN SEAT AND CONTROL PANEL
Investigation abstract
ON FEBRUARY 25, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 ATTEMPTED TO OPERATE A FORD 515 SUPERLONG BACK HOE. THE COMPLETE PANEL BOARD CAME LOOSE, MOVED BACKWARDS AND CRUSHED HIM AGAINS T THE SEAT. THE 8 INCH PIN HOLDING THE BACKHOE ASSEMBLY IN PLACE WAS MISSING, AN D WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 ATTEMPTED TO OPERATE THE BACKHOE, THE WHOLE ASSEMBLY, INCLUDI NG THE CONTROL PANEL, MOVED BACKWARDS. THE MISSING PIN COULD NOT BE LOCATED, EIT HER AT THE WORK SITE OR THE PARKING AREA WHERE THE BACKHOE HAD BEEN STORED. THE BACKHOE HAD BEEN USED THE DAY BEFORE BY A SUPERVISOR AND NO DIFFICULTIES WERE EX PERIENCED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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