Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202013108 - Employee killed when backhole tips over and falls

Accident Summary Nr: 202013108 -- Report ID: 0216000 -- Event Date: 11/24/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301460341	11/24/1998	1611	0	Joseph B. Fay Company

Abstract: Employee #1 was operating a backhoe and was holding a box at the edge of a deck while another worker was chipping concrete into the box. The backhoe tipped and fell approximately 70 ft to the ground killing him.

Keywords: ROLL-OVER, FALL, BACKHOE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Demolition		$50,000 to $250,000		70	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301460341			Fatality	Other	Excavating and loading machine operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Cutting concrete pavement Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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