Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 735183 - Employee crushed and killed when tree falls on backhoe cab

Accident Summary Nr: 735183 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 04/21/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
3218955	04/24/1986	1629	0	Strange Bros Grading

Abstract: Employee #1 was clearing out a wooded area by digging around the bases of trees to loosen them and then pushing them over with a backhoe bucket. He was using was a Liebherr backhoe, serial #S175120. One of the trees he was working on fell onto the backhoe cab, crushing the cab and the employee. He was killed.

Keywords: EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, TREE, STRUCK BY, BACKHOE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3218955			Fatality	Asphyxia	Excavating and loading machine operators

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