Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202500989 - Employee injured when roller-compactor overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 202500989 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 09/26/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311410286	09/26/2007	1794	238910	M.P. Zink Construction, Inc.

Abstract: On September 26, 2007, Employee #1, a roller-compactor operator, was driving in reverse while compacting loose soil when the rear wheel slid off the road and the compactor overturned in a ditch. Employee #1 sustained a fractured left ankle, for which he was hospitalized. He was wearing a seat belt.

Keywords: EMBANKMENT, FRACTURE, DITCH, ROLLER--CONST EQUIP, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, UNSTABLE SOIL, ANKLE, BACKING UP, OVERTURN

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	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	311410286			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators

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