Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202450284 - Employee Is Killed When Run over by Concrete Paver

Accident Summary Nr: 202450284 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 12/27/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309575330	12/27/2005	1611	237310	Ripa & Associates, L.L.C.

Abstract: Employee #1 and two coworkers of a concrete curbing crew were aligning a Comaco 6200 Slipform Paver. At the time of the accident, the two coworkers were at the wheelhouse of the paver observing the alignment track with the existing curb. Employee #1 had finished attaching the sensor-alignment line and had moved to a blind spot of the paver. His foot became caught under the track of the paver and he was run over and killed.

Keywords: HIGHWAY, OBSTRUCTED VIEW, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, RUN OVER, CONCRETE, FOOT, ROAD PAVING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309575330			Fatality	Other	Concrete and terrazzo finishers	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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