Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 738872 - COMPACTOR OPERATOR KILLED WHEN HIS MACHINE ROLLED OVER

Accident Summary Nr: 738872 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 08/19/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2781524	08/21/1987	1629	0	Page, Donald D. & Associates

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 3:40 PM ON AUGUST 19, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A CATERPILLAR MODEL CP553 COMPACTOR ON THE ROADWAY ATOP THE HF RESIDUE LEVY AT THE PENWALT CORPORATION PLANT. HE WAS ROLLING CLAY AS A PART OF THE PROCESS OF RAISING THE LEVEL OF THE LEVEE. THE ROADWAY WAS 15 FEET WIDE. FOR SOME REASON EMPLOYEE #1 DROVE THE COMPACTOR OVER THE EDGE OF THE ROADWAY. AS THE COMPACTOR BEGAN TO ROLL OVER ON ITS SIDE, EMPLOYEE #1 JUMPED OFF TOWARD THE DOWNHILL SIDE. THE COMPACTOR'S ROPS STRUCK HIM IN THE HEAD, CAUSING FATAL MASSIVE HEAD INJURIES.

Keywords: HEAD, ROLL-OVER, WORK RULES, ROPS, CONSTRUCTION, SEAT BELT, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2781524			Fatality	Amputation	Paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators

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