Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200643344 - Employee Is Killed When Thrown from and Crushed by Compactor

Accident Summary Nr: 200643344 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 10/08/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308066893	10/10/2005	1611	237310	Becco Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: On October 8, 2005 Employee #1, a Sheepfoot roller-compactor operator was compacting roadway bed. The Employee was attempting to breakup a large piece of concrete using the weight and vibration capability of the roller when the concrete got caught under the roller. Employee #1 was attempting to get the roller off the caught piece of concrete rock when he was thrown out of the driver's seat as the Employee was thrown part of his body hung up at the operator's station. When Employee #1 got loose from the operator's station the Employee then fell under the Sheepfoot roller and was killed when the machine rolled over-top of him. The Sheepfoot roller-compactor was equipped with a seat belt however the seatbelt was not in use at the time of the incident.

Keywords: HIGHWAY, ROLLER--CONST EQUIP, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, SEAT BELT, UNSTABLE SURFACE, UNTRAINED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308066893			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	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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