Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200200426 - Employee killed while operating a backhoe

Accident Summary Nr: 200200426 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 12/08/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300176062	12/10/1997	6531	0	Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens

Abstract: Employee #1 was instructed by a coworker to bring a John Deere tractor with attached Bradco 61D backhoe to a plot at the Garden of Love cemetery so the coworker could prepare a grave site. When the coworker arrived at the plot, he found Employee #1 pinned between the backhoe seat, the backhoe stabilizer control levers, and the tractor's roll-over protection bar. He died of asphyxia. The backhoe had not been mounted properly, which allowed the boom to travel upward and create a pinch point hazard for the operator. Employee #1 was not a qualified backhoe operator.

Keywords: BACKHOE BOOM, ASPHYXIATED, PINNED, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, CAUGHT BETWEEN, STRUCK BY, UNTRAINED, BACKHOE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300176062			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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