Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14546725 - Employee killed by overturned roller

Accident Summary Nr: 14546725 -- Report ID: 1032700 -- Event Date: 08/20/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107298770	08/22/1990	1611	0	U.S. Forest Service

Abstract: A road crew was chip sealing a two-lane, level stretch of gravel road that has a slight incline, a forest on the south side, and a 15 ft bank that drops to a meadow on the north side. Employee #1 was operating a two-seated Rex vibratory roller, model #SP910-B, serial #9BHX1080 on the north edge of the road from the south side operator's seat. The roller progressed too close to the edge of the road and tipped over the embankment. Employee #1 was crushed by the roller and died of traumatic skull and brain injury.

Keywords: EMBANKMENT, ROLLER--CONST EQUIP, ROLL-OVER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, SKULL, BRAIN, SLOPE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107298770			Fatality	Fracture	Paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators

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