Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200202679 - Employee Struck and Killed by Backhoe

Accident Summary Nr: 200202679 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 12/20/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309253490	12/21/2005	1711	238220	Boone Plumbing, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was struck by the boom of a backhoe as the operator moved the bucket to the left. Employee #1 was crushed between the arm of backhoe and a brick wall. Employee #1 had been warned by the operator and another employee to stay away from the backhoe because the operator could not watch him while he was driving the backhoe.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, WALL, BOOM, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, PLUMBING, STRUCK BY, BACKHOE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309253490			Fatality	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by construction equipment during

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