Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200921880 - Employee Is Killed When Struck by Backhoe

Accident Summary Nr: 200921880 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 07/01/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309199941	07/06/2005	1623	237110	Lewis Construction Of Virginia Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 12:30 p.m. Employee #1 was operating a backhoe delivering stone to another employee who was operating an excavator placing stone around sewer piping. Employee #1 was backing near the slope of the retention pond of the construction site when the backhoe started to slide down the embankment of the pond. Employee #1 tried to drive out, but could not. He unbuckled his seat belt and jumped out of the low side window. Another employee yelled for him to stay in the cab, but Employee #1 panicked. When he jumped into the pond, the backhoe rolled over on top of him. Employees and Fire/Rescue pulled him out of the pond and transported him to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, where he died on July 2, 2005 at approximately 4:30 a.m.

Keywords: WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, BACKHOE, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Other		$250,000 to $500,000	3		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309199941			Fatality	Other	Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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