Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200553956 - Employee Is Killed When Crushed By Overturned Backhoe
Accident: 200553956 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 06/20/2005 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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309078194 | 06/20/2005 | 7359 | Ajl Enterprises, Inc. | ||||
At approximately 1:30 p.m. on June 20, 2005, Employee #1 was driving a Case 580L backhoe down Highway 30 in St. Gabriel, LA. A coworker was following behind in a company truck. Employee #1 was turning right into a gravel driveway of a local truck leasing facility. According to the coworker, the turn was made at a fairly high rate of speed. The backhoe began to lean over onto two wheels and Employee #1 jumped off of the backhoe in the direction it was turning over. He landed on the gravel driveway and the backhoe landed on top of him, crushing and killing him. | |||||||
Keywords:
highway, crushed, lost control, backhoe, overturn
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 309078194 | Fatality | Other | Occupation not reported |