OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14320311

HERB FRY JR PAVING

LAFAYETTE HILL, PA— 1984-05-04T00:00:00

Event: BACKHOE BOOM,EXCAVATION,REPAIR,PIN,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,STRUCK BY
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #1834274
Employer profile: HERB FRY JR PAVING
Summary number: 14320311
Report ID: 317000

Event description

Employee killed when pinned by backhoe boom

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was using a 1973 John Deere backhoe, model 300B, serial #148007T to excavate a residential driveway. The backhoe was parked on a 20 to 30 percent gr ade. The swing pin in the backhoe's boom had apparently fallen out and Employee #1 was attempting to replace it when the boom swung around and caught Employee # 1 upright against the outriggers, killing him. The were no witnesses to the acci dent.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 56 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
5

Event type
2

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
12

Environmental factor
2

Task assigned
1

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