Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14439285 - Employee killed when pinned between backhoe and dump truck

Accident Summary Nr: 14439285 -- Report ID: 1032500 -- Event Date: 04/09/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107301897	04/10/1991	1794	0	E & G Contractors, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107301889	04/10/1991	1541	0	Simplot Construction, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was inside a 180 ft diameter dome, greasing the pins on a Kochring 6633 excavator bucket. A Kenworth 10-wheel dump truck with an inoperable back-up alarm backed into the dome, heading toward the excavator bucket. The excavator engine was running and Employee #1 neither saw nor heard the dump truck approach. The truck driver, his vision impaired by the change in lighting from outside to indoors, did not see anyone around the backhoe. The right rear corner of the dump truck struck the excavator bucket, pinning Employee #1 between the truck and the bucket. He sustained massive internal injuries, and was killed.

Keywords: BACK-UP ALARM, WORK RULES, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, NOISE, BACKING UP, PINNED, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, DUMP TRUCK, POOR VISIBILITY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107301897			Fatality	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.
2	107301889					Occupation Not Listed

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