Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201572641 - Employee Killed When Struck By Backhoe

Accident Summary Nr: 201572641 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 02/20/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306377250	02/20/2004	1623	237110	New Design Construction Company, Inc.

Abstract: An employee was working in a 4-foot deep trench. A backhoe on site backed into the trench. The backhoe struck and killed the employee. He was within the swing radius of the bucket and the audible alarm was not loud enough to be heard over the backhoe's engine. In addition, the horn was inoperable.

Keywords: back-up alarm, backhoe boom, chest, structure moving, excavation, construction, noise, struck by, backhoe

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306377250			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Supervisors; carpenters and related workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing underground plumbing conduit Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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