Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200362176 - Tree Falls On Backhoe And Kills The Driver
Accident: 200362176 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 02/28/2014 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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317361061 | 02/28/2014 | 2411 | Joel M. Pace Dba Pace'S Hauling & Clearing | ||||
On February 28, 2014, Employee #1, a 43-year-old male with Joel M. Pace Dba Pace's Hauling & Clearing was clearing trees on two lots at a modular home park. Employee #1 was operating a backhoe and used it to push-down a tree when a tree snapped and fell on the cab of the backhoe crushing Employee #1. Employee #1 was killed in the event. Employee #1 was working alone at the time of the incident. | |||||||
Keywords:
tree felling, tree limb, machine operator, crushed, tree, struck by, falling object, untrained, backhoe
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Single family or duplex dwelling | New project or new addition | Under $50,000 | 1 | X | |||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 317361061 | Fatality | Other | Occupation not reported | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Site clearing and grubbing FatCause: Struck by falling object/projectile |