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Accident: 202077962 - Employee Is Struck By Backhoe Bucket And Suffers Bruises

**Accident: 202077962 -- Report ID: 0453730 -- Event Date: 01/23/2007**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
310864665	01/22/2007	1623	A & B Trenching Co., Inc.

Employee #1 was laying residential gas main lines for a new housing development. Employee #1 was working near an operating backhoe. Employee #1 stepped inside the operating zone of the backhoe's bucket and was struck by the bucket as it slipped off the dirt while digging. Employee #1 sustained bruises and abrasions but was not hospitalized.

Keywords: construction, abrasion, struck by, backhoe, backhoe bucket, contusion

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Pipeline		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	310864665			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Backfilling and compacting FatCause: Other

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