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Accident: 200084028 - Excavator Driver Backs Up, Kills Employee

**Accident: 200084028 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 11/06/2011**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
314407339	11/08/2011	1629	Suchocki & Son, Inc.

On November 8, 2011, Employee #1 was making cuts in a tree using a chain saw while wearing hearing protection. Employee #2 was backing an excavator and ran over Employee #1, killing him. No further details were provided in the initial report.

Keywords: chain saw, hearing loss, industrial truck, excavator, backing up

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	314407339			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Site clearing and grubbing FatCause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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