Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14495758 - CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED WHEN COMPACTOR ROLLED OVER HIM

Accident Summary Nr: 14495758 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 05/28/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103637120	06/03/1986	1611	0	Stringfellow & Sons, Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1, THE OPERATOR OF A PNEUMATIC STREET COMPACTOR, WAS ATTEMPTING TO BACK DOWN A 6 TO 7% GRADE WHEN HE TRIED TO GEAR DOWN. HE LOST POWER AND THEN WAS UNABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE INTO ANY GEAR. AS HE BEGAN TO GAIN SPEED DOWN THE HILL HE TOLD EMPLOYEE #2 TO JUMP OFF THE VEHICLE. EMPLOYEE #2 DID JUMP AND RECEIVED ONLY MINOR INJURIES. EMPLOYEE #1 RODE THE VEHICLE DOWN THE HILL, TURNED THE WHEELS AND LOST CONTROL, TIPPING THE VEHICLE OVER. WHEN THE COMPACTOR TIPPED OVER IT THREW THE OPERATOR OFF AND ROLLED OVER HIM. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH.

Keywords: ROLL-OVER, CONSTRUCTION, STEEP GRADE, CRUSHED, LOST CONTROL, BACKING UP

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103637120			Fatality	Other	Paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators
2	103637120			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers

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