Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14526818 - Employee crushed and killed between backhoe and dumpster

Accident Summary Nr: 14526818 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 02/04/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17426479	02/06/1986	1623	0	Tate Engineering Contractors Inc.

Abstract: A crew of three had just finished unhooking three dumpsters from a backhoe that had moved the dumpsters from a concrete pad. The backhoe was then moved from the front, east side of the dumpsters to the right, north side, where it was going to remove fence posts that were on the concrete pad. When the backhoe operator swung around the superstructure of the backhoe, Employee #1 was crushed and killed between it and the dumpster.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, DUMPSTER, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, BACKHOE, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	17426479			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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