Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 694752 - Employee killed when crushed by backhoe

Accident Summary Nr: 694752 -- Report ID: 0355115 -- Event Date: 04/16/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105755342	04/16/1991	1623	0	Carl E. Smith, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was a laborer/oiler on a Caterpillar 235 track backhoe, serial #32K08591. The operator of the backhoe was traveling forward and Employee #1 was riding on his blind side. The backhoe operator stopped for a few seconds to evaluate his work assignment and Employee #1 either got down from the catwalk on the backhoe or stepped into the path of the backhoe to find out what the operator was doing. Employee #1 was crushed to death between the backhoe track and the ground.

Keywords: CONSTRUCTION, RIDING ON EQUIPMENT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, BACKHOE, COMMUNICATION, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105755342			Fatality	Other	Helpers, construction trades

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