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Accident: 128475.015 - Employee Is Killed By Skid Loader Backing Up

**Accident: 128475.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 08/05/2020**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1487089.015	08/06/2020		Lodge Construction, Inc.

At 1:15 p.m. on August 5, 2020, Employee #1 and a coworker, employed by a road c onstruction company, were working on a road project. As Employee #1 walked in t he middle of the street to access a piece of equipment, the coworker, who was op erating a CAT 259D skid loader and backing up while dragging rocks from a pile a t the north end of the street, ran over Employee #1. Employee #1 sustained crus hing injuries and was killed. Investigation determined that the required back-u p alarm was not working.

Keywords: back-up alarm, backing up, construction, construction vehicle, crushed, highway work zone, loader, run over, struck by

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1487089.015	40	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Backfilling and compacting FatCause:

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