Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201681814 - Employee Is Crushed and Killed by a Drum Roller

Accident Summary Nr: 201681814 -- Report ID: 1050210 -- Event Date: 10/09/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308539998	10/09/2006	1611	237310	Custom Curves Excavating

Abstract: Employee #1 was using a small single-drum roller and compactor with a seat and roll-over protection to compact a roadway under construction. The roller drifted into a 2-ft ditch on the side of the road and rolled on its side pinning and killing Employee #1.

Keywords: ROLLER--CONST EQUIP, PINNED, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, OVERTURN

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308539998			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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