Accident Report Detail

Accident: 76311.015 - Employee Is Crushed By Falling Roller And Later Dies

**Accident: 76311.015 -- Report ID: 0653510 -- Event Date: 04/13/2015**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1058680.015	04/15/2015		New Image Construction

At approximately 2:00 p.m. on April 13, 2015, Employee #1 was loading a roller o nto a flatbed trailer by driving it up the ramp. When he was loading the roller, it tipped over the side of the trailer. Employee #1 jumped off of the roller bu t the roller fell on top of him. Employee #1 suffered bruises of the scalp and o f the left eye; small, ruptured blood vessels of the right eye; and a bruise and tissue tear of the lip and skin tear of the neck. He had chest and lower legs i njuries. Emergency medical personnel were summoned. They arrived and transported him to a medical center. At the hospital, computerized tomography scan revealed a broken hyoid bone, multiple broken ribs, bleeding around the heart, bleeding in the left chest cavity and abnormal collections of air in the chest cavities. Employee #1 died at the hospital.

Keywords: construction vehicle, crushing

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	0	0	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1058680.015	60	M	Fatality		Construction laborers

UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA