Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200203586 - Employee in Compactor Accident

Accident Summary Nr: 200203586 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 07/22/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314636234	07/23/2010	1611	237310	Ellis Astin Grading Company, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 parked the compactor on the road, that had been created during the compacting process. After returning from his lunch break, Employee #1 was in the process of backing up the compactor to continue with his work. Employee #1 turned the compactor tires in the direction of the road in order to get off the shoulder when the left tire slid off the shoulder onto the road, causing the compactor to roll over, pinning Employee #1 between the road and the top edge of the roll over protection system and cab cover.

Keywords: ROLL-OVER, TRUCK, STRUCK BY, TIRE

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			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314636234			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Grader, dozer and scraper 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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