Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14431639 - Employee killed when crushed by loader/backhoe

Accident Summary Nr: 14431639 -- Report ID: 0830100 -- Event Date: 05/13/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123217309	05/15/1997	1794	0	Harp Line Constructors Co., Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was moving a tractor loader/backhoe onto a trailer. He left the operator's position while the engine was running and the work units were off the ground. When the tractor loader/backhoe rolled off the trailer, Employee #1 became caught against the bottom of the tractor and the ramp of the trailer. He was crushed and killed.

Keywords: LOADING, LOADER/BACKHOE, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, UNMANNED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	123217309			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Unloading-loading equipment/material (except by cr

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