Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201380235 - Employee killed when crushed by backhoe being loaded

Accident Summary Nr: 201380235 -- Report ID: 0214500 -- Event Date: 09/23/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301952669	09/24/1998	1794	0	Kjs Hauling & Home Improvement Inc.

Abstract: At 3:15 p.m. on September 23, 1998, Employee #1, a dump truck driver, was working with a backhoe operator. They were in the process of loading a Case 580K Loader Backhoe onto a Trail King, Model #TK30-2400 trailer that was parked on a slightly inclined residential street facing downhill. The trailer had been hooked up to the towing hitch of the truck except for the safety chains and brake wires. Employee #1 stepped to the side of the truck and the backhoe was driven onto the trailer. The backhoe operator lowered the loader bucket and drove it up to the trailer's 3.5-inch high stop bar. The hoe operator then shifted the machine into neutral and turned his seat around so he could lower the backhoe bucket. When he lowered the boom, the front of the machine, the loader bucket, rose above the stop bar and the machine rolled forward towards the dump truck. The operator then repositioned the machine on the trailer and got off. The operator found Employee #1 on the ground in the trailer hitch area between the truck and trailer. The backhoe operator did not know that Employee #1 had entered the trailer hitch area. Employee #1 received crushing injuries and was pronounced dead at the hospital emergency room. The parking brake was not applied prior to the operator turning his seat around.

Keywords: LOADER BUCKET, TORSO, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, DUMP TRUCK, TRAILER, 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		Under $50,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301952669			Fatality	Other	Truck drivers, heavy	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause: Unloading-loading equipment/material (except by cr

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