OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #779900
SEQUOIA CONSTRUCTION CO.
LAS VEGAS, NV·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY BACKHOE BUCKET
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING NEAR A TRENCH IN THE BACKHOE OPERATOR'S BLIND SPOT. THE BACKHOE BUCKET STRUCK HIM IN THE HEAD, KILLING HIM INSTANTLY AND THROWING HIM I NTO THE TRENCH. THE TRENCH WAS APPROXIMATELY 9 FEET DEEP, 24 FEET WIDE AND 140 F EET LONG.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 65 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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