Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200670644 - Employee run over by backhoe, dies of heart attack

Accident Summary Nr: 200670644 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 05/01/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300494572	05/05/1997	1799	0	Thomas Mc Watters

Abstract: Employee #1 was trying to start a backhoe that was in gear, while standing on the ground next to it. When the engine engaged, he was run over by the rear tire. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he suffered a heart attack and died the next day.

Keywords: HEART, VEHICLE IN GEAR, HEART ATTACK, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, STARTED IN GEAR, UNMANNED, RUN OVER, BACKHOE

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	1	20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300494572			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Other

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