Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171058571 - Employee killed when struck by falling roller/compactor

Accident Summary Nr: 171058571 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 12/30/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301165809	12/31/1999	1611	0	Wadsworth Brothers Const Co Inc

Abstract: Employee #1, age 18, was operating a roller/compactor near to and parallel with the top of a retaining wall when the vehicle began to slide sideways on the sloped edge of the soil. Employee #1 was ejected and was struck by the roller as he fell 8 ft to the bottom of the wall. He was decapitated. The roller landed on its right side near the bottom of the wall.

Keywords: EJECTED, ROLLER--CONST EQUIP, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, STRUCK BY, DECAPITATED, FALLING OBJECT, SLOPE, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000		30	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301165809			Fatality	Amputation	Paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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