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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #673020

COUNTERBALANCE,PINNED,CONSTRUCTION,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,BACKHOE

Event
COUNTERBALANCE,PINNED,CONSTRUCTION,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,BACKHOE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
673020
Report ID
751910

Event description

Employee killed when crushed between backhoe and dirt bank

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was crushed and killed when a backhoe counterweight pinned him again st a dirt bank.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 58 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    2
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    853
    Human factor
    7
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1

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