Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171060957 - Employee died from abrasions to the body and crush skull

Accident Summary Nr: 171060957 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 05/04/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304413438	05/07/2001	1771	0	A T Asphalt

Abstract: On May 4, 2001, Employee #1 was finishing a strip of asphalt that had just been laid down by the paver. The work crew was getting ready to make another pass. Employee #1 was walking back to the paving machine to get a rake. He walked in the blind spot of the driver of the asphalt truck. Employee #1 did not have on any high visibility clothing. The truck had no back up alarm. Employee #1 sustained abrasions to his body from being dragged and also a crushed skull from the left rear dual wheels of the truck. Employee #1 died.

Keywords: BACK-UP ALARM, CLOTHING, ALARM, CRUSHED, SKULL, ABRASION, ASPHALT, BACKING UP

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304413438			Fatality	Other	Paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by highway vehicle

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