OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #822403
HCC CONCRETE COMPANY
BETHESDA, MD·
Event description
Employee killed when pinned between equipment pieces
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and coworkers were using a Case 455B front end backhoe, serial #4248 543, to tow a 30 ton Grove crane #15649, which was stuck in the mud, up a slight grade. Employee #1 stopped the operation and asked the backhoe operator to let a little slack in the cable. When the backhoe operator started to give slack in the 12 ft cable, Employee #1 positioned himself between the front bumper of the crane and the front end bucket of the Case. Employee #1 was hit and pinned betwe en both pieces of equipment and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 558
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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