Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200555068 - Employee killed when crushed between loader and dump truck

Accident Summary Nr: 200555068 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 11/14/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311520092	11/14/2007	1799	238990	A & L Underground, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on November 14, 2007, Employee #1 was working as a laborer on a road crew. A coworker operating a Case 580 loader-backhoe, serial #326, was instructed to rotate the boom out of the street so cars could pass by. The coworker climbed onto the backhoe and was beginning to move the boom when the machine moved forward and the backhoe's front-end loader struck Employee #1, crushing him against the bed of a dump truck. He was killed.

Keywords: LOADER/BACKHOE, PINNED, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, CRUSHED, DUMP TRUCK, STRUCK BY, BACKHOE, COMMUNICATION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		$250,000 to $500,000	2	30	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311520092			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by construction equipment during

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