Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200620508 - Employee killed when struck by backhoe bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 200620508 -- Report ID: 0454712 -- Event Date: 01/15/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300458825	01/15/1999	1794	0	Tennessee American Contractors Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was using a front end loader to install a sewer line and to backfill the area with gravel. He left the machine to urinate and knelt down behind a 15 ft pile of dirt that a trackhoe operator was using as fill. The operator did not see Employee #1, who was struck and killed by the trackhoe's bucket.

Keywords: OBSTRUCTED VIEW, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, MECH MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, BACKHOE, BACKHOE BUCKET

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300458825			Fatality	Puncture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Other

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