Abstract: On March 13, 2007, Employee #1 was working for a contractor that engaged in plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and similar work. He was preparing to dig a ditch for a fill line at a residential construction site. A large limb from a tree had fallen into the path where the fill line was to be placed, and Employee #1 was using the front bucket of his backhoe to move the limb out of the way. The area where Employee #1 was operating the backhoe was sloped. A neighbor who was driving down the driveway saw the backhoe on its side with the alarm going off and called the police. It appeared that Employee #1 was thrown from or fell from the backhoe when it tipped over and that Employee #1 was not wearing a seatbelt at the time. Employee #1's abdomen was crushed by the cab of the backhoe, and he was killed.