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Accident Summary Nr: 71807.015 - Employee is killed when caught-between the boom and body of

Accident Summary Nr: 71807.015 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 02/03/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1034079.015	02/04/2015		237310	Texarkana Concrete Construction Inc.

Abstract: At 1:03 p.m. on February 3, 2015, an employee exited the operator's seat of a John Deere backhoe loader with the engine idling. He walked behind the machine and appeared to be reaching for the backhoe control lever or a pry bar that was being stored in the operator's cab. When emergency responders arrived at the scene, the employee was found on the left-hand side of the machine pinned between the boom and body of the backhoe loader. The employee was killed as the result of mechanical asphyxia and blunt force injuries.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Backhoe Boom, Caught Between, Crushing, Struck By

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	0	0	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1034079.015	62	M	Fatality		Equipment Operator: Heavy

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