OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14398929
ROAD RUNNER CONST CO INC
CAYUGA, TX—
Event description
Backhoe operator killed when dam caves in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a backhoe operator, had cut a ditch in an earthen dam to drain it. After the ditch had been cut, Employee #1 and coworkers were standing on top of the dam to watch it drain when the dam failed. Employee #1 was covered with eart h and died of suffocation.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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