OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #735183

EQUIPMENT OPERATOR,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,TREE,STRUCK BY,BACKHOE

1986-04-21T00:00:00

Event: EQUIPMENT OPERATOR,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,TREE,STRUCK BY,BACKHOE
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 735183
Report ID: 454510

Event description

Employee crushed and killed when tree falls on backhoe cab

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was clearing out a wooded area by digging around the bases of trees to loosen them and then pushing them over with a backhoe bucket. He was using wa s a Liebherr backhoe, serial #S175120. One of the trees he was working on fell o nto the backhoe cab, crushing the cab and the employee. He was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 34 M

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
31

Event type
11

Source
32

Occupation code
853

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
17

Task assigned
1

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