Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202658613 - Employee Sustains Fractured Rib and Face in Compactor Slide

Accident Summary Nr: 202658613 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 11/04/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316671726	11/05/2013	1611	237310	Granite Construction Co.

Abstract: At approximately 9:22 a.m. on November 4, 2013, Employee #1, with Granite Construction Company, was operating a compaction roller (Caterpillar Compaction Roller; Model Number: CB224-E; Equipment Number: 10-531; Serial Number CATCB224E22402931). Employee #1 was moving the compaction roller over uneven pavement to the job location at the top of an approximately 15 degree grade. While doing so, the compaction roller steel drums began to spin, and the compaction roller began to slide backwards. The compaction roller's front and rear steel drums did not make full contact with the uneven asphalt, and Employee #1 was not able to maintain control. Employee #1 jumped off the roller and was caught and dragged underneath the compaction roller. Employee #1 was hospitalized. Employee #1 suffered a fracture on the right side of his face, multiple right-sided rib fractures, and the skin was completely torn off the underlying tissues of his right forearm (degloved).

Keywords: FRACTURE, HIGHWAY, UNEVEN GROUND, ROLLER--CONST EQUIP, DRUM, DRAGGED, RIB, SKIN, FACE, LOST CONTROL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	316671726			Hospitalized injury	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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