Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200462034 - Employee Is Buried by Hot Asphalt and Later Dies

Accident Summary Nr: 200462034 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 06/29/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309568186	06/29/2006	1542	236220	J.J. Macdonald Paving

Abstract: At approximately 7:00 a.m. on June 29, 2006, the foreman and three other employees arrived on site to pave a basketball court. At approximately the same time the asphalt truck (Western Star 1978 VIN 2WLNCCJFXHK918749 plate Number L46 669) arrived. The foreman guided the truck onto the job site and to the location to dump the asphalt. The foreman told the truck driver that his employees would be working out of the hatch doors and doing the work by hand. Employee #1 and a coworker went to the back of the truck with wheelbarrows, and the driver raised the body. Another coworker was on a piece of equipment and the foreman had his back turned to the truck. The asphalt load shifted and broke through the back gate. Employee #1's legs were buried and he was thrown back from the weight of the falling asphalt. Employee #1's chest, arms, and legs were buried in the asphalt, which was approximately 280 degrees Fahrenheit. Other workers onsite helped dig Employee #1 out of the asphalt. Employee #1 suffered burns and was hospitalized. Employee #1's family removed life support on July 21, 2006, and Employee #1 died.

Keywords: BURN, CHEST, ARM, ASPHALT, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Other		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309568186			Fatality	Burn(Chemical)	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause: Unloading-loading equipment/material (except by cr

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