Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200571180 - Employee killed when caught under rumble strip machine

Accident Summary Nr: 200571180 -- Report ID: 0316700 -- Event Date: 10/09/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
116208554	10/10/2007	1629	237990	Nestor, Incorporated

Abstract: At approximately 6:40 p.m. on October 9, 2007, Employee #1, of Nestor, Inc., crawled underneath a rumble strip machine to change the grinding teeth. He had been underneath the machine for approximately 45 minutes when a Pennsylvania State Police officer pulled into the median where the machine was parked and saw the grinding head carriage of the rumble strip machine lowered down on Employee #1. The employer tried to raise the carriage but could not. Employee #1 was killed. The employer, who had been operating the machine, later stated that he had earlier told Employee #1 and a coworker that they should stop work because it was getting dark.

Keywords: GRINDER, HIGHWAY, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, COMMUNICATION, GRINDING MACHINE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	116208554			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Traffic protection Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by construction equipment during

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