Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200783744 - Employee Is Killed When Thrown from Overturned Roller

Accident Summary Nr: 200783744 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 02/13/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309536704	02/13/2006	1623	237110	Wilkins Contracting, Inc.

Abstract: On February 13, 2006, Employee #1, an equipment operator, was operating a Rammax single drum soil compaction roller, Model Number P48K, along an embankment. The embankment had a slope of approximately 27 degrees with its angle of the slope increasing from west to east. Employee #1 was driving the roller perpendicular to the incline on the north side of the road base that was along the embankment. The roller overturned, causing Employee #1, who was not wearing a seat belt, to be thrown from the vehicle. The rollover protective structure landed on Employee #1, crushing and killing him. There were not witnesses; however, Employee #1 was found lying face down, pinned between the rollover protective structure and the ground.

Keywords: CHEST, EMBANKMENT, ASPHYXIATED, ROLL-OVER, STEEP GRADE, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, SEAT BELT, MOTOR VEHICLE, OVERTURN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		New project or new addition		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309536704			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Other

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