Inspection Detail

Inspection: 107301889 - Simplot Construction, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Boise Area Office

Inspection Nr: 107301889

Report ID: 1032500

Date Opened: 04/10/1991

Site Address:
Simplot Construction, Inc.
Smoky Rock Dome, Highway 30 West
Pocatello, ID 83201

Mailing Address:
723 East Karcher Road, Nampa, ID 83687

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1541

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Unprog Rel

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 04/11/1991

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 05/15/1991

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14439285

Event: 04/09/1991

Employee killed when pinned between backhoe and dump truck

Employee #1 was inside a 180 ft diameter dome, greasing the pins on a Kochring 6633 excavator bucket. A Kenworth 10-wheel dump truck with an inoperable back-up alarm backed into the dome, heading toward the excavator bucket. The excavator engine was running and Employee #1 neither saw nor heard the dump truck approach. The truck driver, his vision impaired by the change in lighting from outside to indoors, did not see anyone around the backhoe. The right rear corner of the dump truck struck the excavator bucket, pinning Employee #1 between the truck and the bucket. He sustained massive internal injuries, and was killed.

Keywords: BACK-UP ALARM, WORK RULES, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, NOISE, BACKING UP, PINNED, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, DUMP TRUCK, POOR VISIBILITY

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107301889					Occupation Not Listed

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