Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201981859 - Employee killed while working on a backhoe

Accident Summary Nr: 201981859 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 04/06/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303434898	04/10/2000	1794	0	Morris Excavating

Abstract: Employee #1 was using a front end loader on a backhoe to fill shade over utility pipes in a shallow trench. After the day's work was finished Employee #1 was driving the backhoe from the lower west side of the housing plot on the side of a mountain to the upper east side up on approximately 45 degree angle, to have all of the equipment stored in one location for the night. A half way up the incline, Employee #1 apparently lost control of the backhoe causing it to travel backwards over an embankment about 150 ft down. Employee #1 was thrown from the backhoe and killed.

Keywords: EMBANKMENT, FRONT END LOADER, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, LOST CONTROL, BACKHOE, SLOPE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Excavation, landfill		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303434898			Fatality	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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