Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 167705.015 - Employee dies from crush injuries when drum roller tips over

Accident Summary Nr: 167705.015 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 06/21/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1757309.015	06/25/2024		238910	789 Incorporated

Abstract: At 6:30 p.m. on June 21, 2024, an employee working as a laborer for a site preparation contractor was operating a Lay-Mor Steel Drum Roller on a private commercial property. the employee was working with a coworker (the company owner) expanding a parking lot/loading dock onto an existing commercial building. The employee was operating the drum roller to compact asphalt grindings. he was attempting to clean up the edges when the drum roller overturned landing on the employee. The drum roller, which was possibly manufactured in the 1950s, was not equipped with ROPS or a seatbelt. It was equipped with a 28-horsepower motor and 36-inch-wide steel drums. The employee died from crush injuries including head injuries.

Keywords: Asphalt, Caught Between, Commercial Building, Construction, Construction vehicle, Crushed, Driving, Drum, Equipment Operator, Head, Inexperience, Insufficient Supervision, Laborer, Machine operator, Overturn, Parking Lot, Pinch Point, Pinched, ROPS, Roller--Const Equip, Safety Device, Seat Belt, Tips Over

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1757309.015	63	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause:

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