Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14327282 - Backhoe operator killed when run over by backhoe wheel

Accident Summary Nr: 14327282 -- Report ID: 0317500 -- Event Date: 03/28/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
747816	03/30/1989	6553	0	Homewood Cemetery

Abstract: Employee #1, a backhoe operator, parked her vehicle in gear and shut off its engine. She then dismounted the backhoe to assist laborers who were loading its front end bucket. She went back to the backhoe to start the engines and tilt, not raise, the bucket to a vertical position. Apparently Employee #1 forgot that the backhoe's neutral start engine had been bypassed for years. When she stood on the ground between the wheels on the passenger side and reached across the dash to turn the key, she was run over by the rear wheel. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, STARTED IN GEAR, CRUSHED, RUN OVER, BACKHOE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	747816			Fatality	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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