OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #659821
BACKHOE BOOM,LOADER/BACKHOE,WORK RULES,CONTROL LEVER,CONSTRUCTION,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED
Event description
Employee killed when crushed between boom and loader cab
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was operating a John Deere JD410 backhoe loader. While outside the c ab, he reached for the boom control lever and accidentally turned it to the righ t instead of forward, swinging the boom to the right instead of lowering it. It crushed him between the cab and the boom. He was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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