Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200963056 - Employee killed when roller overturns on embankment

Accident Summary Nr: 200963056 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 06/23/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302796149	06/23/1999	1794	0	Mohawk Contracting Co, Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was a 7 ft wide Tampo vibratory roller, model #RS28, to compact a 15 ft wide by 100 ft long stretch outside a structural fill area. He made one pass along an embankment and was making a second pass along the same stretch when apparently the rear left wheel went off the edge onto an approximate 45 degree slope. The roller followed the wheel over the edge and was sliding down the hill when it became caught on some dir and the machine overturned. Employee #1 became pinned under the roller and died of asphyxia. He was wearing a seatbelt, but the equipment was not built with ROPS.

Keywords: EMBANKMENT, ASPHYXIATED, ROLLER--CONST EQUIP, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, ROPS, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, SLOPE, OVERTURN, ROAD PAVING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	6	70	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302796149			Fatality	Asphyxia	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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