Abstract: At approximately 9:30 p.m. on October 27, 2024, an employee, a full-time laborer employed by Vector Energy Technologies, LLC, a staffing agency, was walking behind a backhoe loader on a two-lane road at the Underground Construction Company project site. It was the employee's first day at the site. The backhoe loader, a CAT Model 420F2, was moving in reverse preparing to start excavation when the loader struck and ran over the employee with its rear tire. A witness about 30 yards away heard the loader backing up and saw the employee walk directly into the path of the equipment. The employee suffered severe internal crush injuries and was transported to a hospital, where he later died.