Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202086773 - Employee is killed when run over by backhoe

Accident Summary Nr: 202086773 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 06/23/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307236026	12/17/2004	1629	237990	United Railroad Service, Inc.

Abstract: On June 23, 2004, Employee #1 and a coworker, a backhoe operator, were working as assigned. Employee #1 was tearing up railroad tracks when the coworker ran over Employee #1 with the backhoe. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: HEAD, DEMOLITION, CONSTRUCTION, RAILROAD TRACK, STRUCK BY, RUN OVER, UNTRAINED, BACKHOE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Demolition		$250,000 to $500,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307236026			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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