Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14490361 - BACKHOE OPERATOR CRUSHED WHEN GRAVEL FELL ON HIM

Accident Summary Nr: 14490361 -- Report ID: 0215800 -- Event Date: 08/08/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100729870	08/12/1986	1629	0	Robert Drayn & Son'S Excavating

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING IN A GRAVEL PIT, USING A BACKHOE TO LOOSEN UP A HIGH WALL OF GRAVEL. THE BACKHOE WAS A C200LE KOMATSU MODEL. AS EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SWINGING THE BACKHOE BUCKET TO HIS RIGHT, THE GRAVEL BANK COLLAPSED ONTO THE CAB OF HIS MACHINE, CRUSHING HIM TO DEATH.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, ROCK, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, UNSTABLE SURFACE, CAVE-IN, FALLING OBJECT, BACKHOE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100729870			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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