Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200380384 - Employee Killed When Roller Overturned

Accident Summary Nr: 200380384 -- Report ID: 0336000 -- Event Date: 07/19/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303706469	07/20/2001	1611	0	Glen O Hawbaker, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was operating a small vibratory compactor (roller) on fill material at the edge of a road in preparation to widening the road surface. The height difference between the existing roadway and the berm was approximately five inches. The road surface and the berm formed a slope of approximately seven degrees. Employee #1 traversed too far off the fill and the roller overturned. Rollover protection and an operational seat belt were not provided on the roller. Employee #1 was crushed by the roller and killed.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROLLER--CONST EQUIP, ROPS, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, SEAT BELT, OVERTURN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation		$250,000 to $500,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303706469			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	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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