Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200925303 - Employee Is Killed When Roller Overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 200925303 -- Report ID: 0355114 -- Event Date: 07/14/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313495749	07/14/2009	1611	237310	Branscome Paving Company Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was operating an Ingersoll Rand double-drum vibrating roller on the left shoulder of a road. The area was soft and the roller began to tip and slide down an embankment. The edge of the drums dug into the soil, and the machine began to roll down the embankment. The employee was crushed and killed. Further investigation revealed that the machine was very old, and it was not equipped with ROPS or a seat belt.

Keywords: EMBANKMENT, ROLLER--CONST EQUIP, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, ROPS, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, SEAT BELT, UNSTABLE SURFACE, OVERTURN

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	313495749			Fatality	Other	Paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators	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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