Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 97067.015 - Employee is pulled into a paving machine and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 97067.015 -- Report ID: 0627510 -- Event Date: 07/07/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1246372.015	07/07/2017		237990	Allen Butler Construction, Inc.

Abstract: At 4:00 p.m. on July 7, 2017, an employee was attempting to cross in front of the machine by grabbing onto a tow bar connected to the machine. The employee lost his grip as he was trying to swing over to the other side and grab the other side of the tow bar. The employee fell onto a mound of hot asphalt directly into the path of the machine. The employee was pulled into the machine by the rotors. Another employee was standing approximately 8 feet from the employee and attempted to stop and possibly reverse the machine. The employee was trapped in the rotor area of the machine. Employees lifted the machine with a front end loader and removed the employee. The rotors of the machine crushed and killed the employee and churned him with the hot asphalt.

Keywords: Asphalt, Crushed

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1246372.015	20	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause:

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