OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #848333
SUMIT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INCORPORATED
CHICAGO, IL·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by backhoe stabilizer
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was standing in a 25 in. deep ditch directing a backhoe toward the d itch. He was planning to level a concrete hand hold for an electrical conduit by stopping the hand hold with the bucket. The backhoe's left rear tire went into the ditch and the stabilizer struck Employee #1 in his hip. He died a few hours later in the hospital.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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