Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 767178 - Employee killed when run over by chip spreading machine

Accident Summary Nr: 767178 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 05/16/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106799315	05/22/1990	1611	0	Reynolds And Kay Construction Co.

Abstract: Employee #1 was riding on a chip spreading machine as part of the operating crew. He was assigned to watch for overhead lines and to signal the driver of a dump truck who was filling the spreader hopper to tell him when he should lower the bed. The bed of the truck had caught and stretched an overhead phone line when a semi-trailer truck came by and hooked the sagging line. It snapped and whipped around the chip spreader, knocking the employee off the machine. The spreader was moving about 5 to 10 mph and it ran over and killed Employee #1 before the driver could regain control of the machine. The spreader is not required to have seat belts since it does not have ROPS.

Keywords: SIGNALMAN, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, RUN OVER, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106799315			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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