Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200921468 - Employee Killed When Roller Paver Rolled Over

Accident Summary Nr: 200921468 -- Report ID: 0355117 -- Event Date: 04/07/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307172965	04/20/2004	1611	237310	Whitehurst Paving Co., Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 12:30 p.m. on April 7, 2004, Employee #1 was operating a roller paver. He lost control of the roller paver while descending a hill on Route 662. The roller paver ran off the road, down an embankment, and rolled over. Employee #1 sustained head fractures and was transported to Roanoke Regional Hospital where he died several days later due to his injuries.

Keywords: EMBANKMENT, FRACTURE, HEAD, ROLLER--CONST EQUIP, ROLL-OVER, LOST CONTROL

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307172965			Fatality	Fracture	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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