Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 665810 - Employee injured when struck by backhoe

Accident Summary Nr: 665810 -- Report ID: 0112300 -- Event Date: 05/26/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17948936	05/26/1989	1611	0	J.H. Lynch & Sons, Inc.

Abstract: Workers were patching a section of a road. Employee #1 was standing bent over, touching up the road with a shovel approximately 10 to 15 feet behind the Caterpillar backhoe, model #416. The operator started to move the backhoe forward when his seat suddenly slid backward, causing him to accidentally put the machine in reverse gear. The rear bucket struck Employee #1 on the head, knocking him to the ground. The backhoe continued to drive over him but fortunately none of the tires ran over him. Employee #1 was hospitalized with a broken back and ribs and multiple internal injuries.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, RIB, STRUCK BY, BACKHOE, BACKING UP, ROAD PAVING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	17948936			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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