Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200643468 - Employee killed when backhoe rolls over

Accident Summary Nr: 200643468 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 02/15/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309783314	02/16/2006	1794	238910	Mark'S Trenching & Construction

Abstract: On February 15, 2006, Employee #1, a backhoe operator, was moving forward on a 9-degree slope when the vehicle's left rear tire slid into a rut with a 30-degree slope. The backhoe rolled over onto its left side. Employee #1 was not wearing the seat belt installed for the rollover protection system, and his head became caught between the rollover bar and the ground. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: HEAD, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, ROPS, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, STEEP GRADE, CAUGHT BETWEEN, BACKHOE, OVERTURN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1	12	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309783314			Fatality	Concussion	Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators

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