Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201751294 - Employee is killed when compactor rolls over

Accident Summary Nr: 201751294 -- Report ID: 0830600 -- Event Date: 04/05/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307646836	04/06/2004	1611	237310	Tricon Kent Co.

Abstract: Employee #1 was operating a vibratory compactor when he drove the compactor down an embankment. The compactor tipped over and the employee was thrown from the equipment. He became trapped under the roll over protection structure and was crushed and killed.

Keywords: EJECTED, EMBANKMENT, ABDOMEN, ROLL-OVER, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, ROPS, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307646836			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	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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