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Accident Summary Nr: 607390 - CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE CRUSHED WHEN HIS ROAD SWEEPER ROLLED

Accident Summary Nr: 607390 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 05/26/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102828142	05/26/1988	1611	0	Shepherd Construction Company, Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1, THE OPERATOR OF AN INGRAM "POWR BROOM" (SERIAL NUMBER 475157XX23) WAS DRIVING HIS SWEEPER TO AN AREA AT THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION SITE WHICH NEEDED SWEEPING. THE SITE WAS NOT OPEN TO TRAFFIC. HE BEGAN TO LOSE CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE WHILE TRAVELLING TOO FAST DOWN A SLIGHT GRADE. HE TRIED TO REGAIN CONTROL BUT INSTEAD DRVE INTO THE DOWNWARD SLOPING MEDIAN AREA. THE VEHICLE ROLLED COMPLETELY OVER AND LANDED BACK ON ITS WHEELS. EMPLOYEE #1 SUFFERED A CRUSHED PELVIS AND SEVERE HEAD INJURIES, AND IS NOT EXPECTED TO SURVIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH A ROPS.

Keywords: HEAD, ROLL-OVER, SPEEDING, WORK RULES, ROPS, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, PELVIS, LOST CONTROL, SWEEPER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102828142			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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