Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200513349 - Employee dies after being struck by motor grader

Accident Summary Nr: 200513349 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 08/20/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306762170	08/21/2003	1629	237990	Central Specialties Inc

Abstract: On August 20, 2003, Employee #1 and other coworkers were placing a windrows (200-ft to 300-ft in length) of asphalt along the shoulder with a belly dump and then a motor grader spread the asphalt. Employee #1 was operating the controls on the side of each belly dump, which opened and closed the gates allowing the asphalt to drop out. Another coworker was driving the grader in the north direction and spreading the asphalt. The coworker was focusing his attention to the blade of the grader and looking to the right as he spread the asphalt). He saw Employee #1 walking south in the southbound lane. Employee #1 signaled to him that things were fine and going well. The coworker looked back down to the right of his blade. A short time later, he felt a bump and looked to see the left rear tires of the motor grader had ran over the Employee #1. Employee #1 sustained traumatic injuries from the grader that were fatal.

Keywords: GRADER, STRUCK BY, ROAD PAVING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation		$500,000 to $1,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306762170			Fatality	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Bituminous concrete placement Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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