OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14203095
CITY OF OREGON CITY
OREGON CITY, OR—
Event description
CAUGHT BETWEEN BACKHOE BOOM AND TRACTOR BODY
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 HAD COMPLETED DIGGING A TRENCH. HE WAS IN THE OPERATOR'S CAB OF THE MERGENCY PERSONNEL. TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES CAME TO EMPLOYEE #1'S AID. THEY MOVED HI S BODY OFF THE BOOM SWING CONTROL AND FREED HIM. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD BY THE W ILLIAMETTE FALLS AMBULANCE CREW AT AROUND 1:40 PM. THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS TRAUMA TIC HEAD INJURIES. JOHN DEERE JD410 BACKHOE. THE MOTOR WAS STILL RUNNING. EMPLOYEE #1 LEFT THE OPER ATOR'S SEAT INSIDE THE CAB. FOR SOME REASON HE LEANED, OR FELL, OUT OF THE CAB O PENING LOCATED AT THE REAR OF THE BACKHOE. WHEN HE LEANED OF FELL, HIS BODY CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE BOOM SWING CONTROL LEVER. THIS CAUSED THE BOOM TO SWING T O THE LEFT, CRUSHING HIM BETWEEN THE BOOM ARTICULATING ARMATURE AND THE BACK OF THE TRACTOR SUPERSTRUCTURE. NO ONE KNOWS WHY EMPLOYEE #1 LEFT THE PROTECTION OF THE OPERATOR'S CAB. HE WAS WORKING ALONE. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDEN T. THE ACCIDENT WAS DISCOVERED BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, WHO IMMEDIATELY CALLED FOR E
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 21
- Occupation code
- 853
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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