Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201991429 - Employee Killed When Crushed Between Backhoe and Roller

Accident Summary Nr: 201991429 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 12/28/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308508365	12/28/2004	1611	237310	Mac'S Grading, Paving & Engineering, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was killed while working as a spotter for the backhoe operator. The backhoe operator was removing a cut piece of asphalt. When the asphalt broke, the bucket flew into the Employee #1's chest. Employee #1 was thrown against a roller, and was crushed between the two pieces of heavy equipment. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: ROLLER--CONST EQUIP, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, BACKHOE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		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	308508365			Fatality	Other	Supervisors, material moving equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause: Unloading-loading equipment/material (except by cr

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