Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201986510 - Employee Is Killed When Crushed Under Overturned Backhoe

Accident Summary Nr: 201986510 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 09/14/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305902405	09/17/2002	0161	111219	Knorr Farms A.P.D., Llc

Abstract: On September 14, 2002, Employee #1, a backhoe tractor operator, was repairing new breaks in the banks of a drainage canal that had resulted from recent torrential rains. He was operating parallel to the edge of the bank, when the dirt failed under the tractor's weight. The vehicle overturned as it slid into the canal, and he was ejected. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: EJECTED, REPAIR, DITCH, AGRICULTURE, CANAL, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, TRACTOR, BACKHOE, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	305902405			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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