OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221397862

CAPLING LEVELING, INC.

BOWLING GREEN, FL· 2021-10-01T00:00:00

Event: Backhoe, Broke, Chest, Flying Object, Pulling, Rigging, Struck Against, Stuck
NAICS: 238910
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345558571
Employer profile: CAPLING LEVELING, INC.
Summary number: 221397862
Report ID: 0420600
Project type: A
Construction end-use: H

Event description

Employee is struck in chest by flying rigging and is killed

Investigation abstract

At 4:50 p.m. on October 1, 2021, an employee operated a backhoe to remove a stuck Quad Trac from mud. The employee attached rigging to the Quad Trac and pulled with the backhoe when the rigging snapped, flew through the windshield of the backhoe, struck the employee on the chest, and killed the employee.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 24 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
7020

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