Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201942588 - Employee Is Run over and Killed by Asphalt Roller

Accident Summary Nr: 201942588 -- Report ID: 0951510 -- Event Date: 08/20/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310389994	08/20/2007	1611	237310	Jas W Glover Ltd

Abstract: On August 20, 2007, Employee #1, a laborer, was working on a paving construction project at an airport. He was on taxiway F, which had just been paved, and he was run over and killed by a rubber-tired asphalt roller that was backing up on the runway. The roller operator stated that he had not seen the worker on the taxiway. The roller's back-up alarm was not functioning, at the time of the accident.

Keywords: BACK-UP ALARM, AIRPORT, ROLLER--CONST EQUIP, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, RUN OVER, MECH MALFUNCTION, ASPHALT, ROAD PAVING

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	310389994			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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