Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 999631 - Employee killed when crushed between truck & backhoe bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 999631 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 09/27/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111629754	10/02/1990	1629	0	Lessard Contracting

Abstract: On September 27, 1990, Employee #1 was operating a Komatsu model 300 backhoe to load sand onto Mack semi-tractor belly-dumping trucks. Employee #1 dismounted the backhoe to grease the pivot points of the bucket. He was crushed and killed between a backing truck and the backhoe bucket. The truck did not have a back-up alarm and Employee #1 was supposed to have been the signal person.

Keywords: BACK-UP ALARM, SIGNALMAN, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, TRUCK, BACKHOE, BACKHOE BUCKET, BACKING UP

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111629754			Fatality	Fracture	Excavating and loading machine operators

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