Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200050300 - Employee killed in trench when crushed by backhoe bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 200050300 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 11/07/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
116006206	11/11/1997	1711	0	Jobman Electric

Abstract: Employee #1 was working in a 30 in. wide by 45 ft long by 7 ft deep trench. He was leveling and sloping the bottom of the trench when he became caught and was crushed by a backhoe bucket. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, EXCAVATION, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, TRENCH, CRUSHED, BACKHOE, BACKHOE BUCKET

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	116006206			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause: Caught in stationary equipment

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