Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201990793 - Employee is killed when backhoe rolls over

Accident Summary Nr: 201990793 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 06/14/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307933341	06/14/2004	1629	238910	H & S Developers, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was operating a John Deere backhoe, Model Number 310E, and was trying to move the backhoe up an 18-inch rise from one work level to another. He used the front bucket to raise the front tires and, at the same time, used the shovel at the rear of the backhoe to push down on the ground to help the backhoe move forward. The backhoe was in reverse when it should have been in forward and when the employee gave it gas, the backhoe moved backward, pushing the shovel further into the ground. This caused the rear wheels to lift into the air and the backhoe become unstable and began to tip over. As the backhoe tipped over, the employee jumped from the machine. He was crushed between backhoe's roll-over protection and the ground and was killed.

Keywords: ROLL-OVER, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, ROPS, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, BACKHOE, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000		2	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307933341			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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