Inspection Detail

Inspection: 308733013 - New Horizon Asphalt And Paving

Inspection Information - Office: Arizona Division Of Occupational Safety And Health (Adosh)

Inspection Nr: 308733013

Report ID: 0950411

Date Opened: 03/02/2005

Site Address:
New Horizon Asphalt And Paving
Charolais Drive, Carefree Ranch Estates
Cave Creek, AZ 85331

Mailing Address:
4340 West Mescal Street, Glendale, AZ 85304

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1611

NAICS: 237310/ Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 03/11/2005

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 03/11/2005

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	101993723
Referral	201985959	Yes

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201991635

Event: 03/02/2005

Employee Is Killed When Struck by Car and Hot Asphalt

On March 2, 2005, Employee #1, a 65-year-old owner of an asphalt hauling business, parked his asphalt truck on a steep incline. He shut off the engine, while other workers shoveled the asphalt from the back of the dump bed to fill potholes. The overloaded truck began to roll down the hill. Employee #1 attempted, in vain, to start the truck, since the brake system was power assisted and required the truck to be running. As the truck proceeded down the hill, Employee #1 lost control and the truck left the roadway, landing in a ravine. Employee #1 was crushed in the cab by the front of the truck and by the hot asphalt that broke through the custom-made head gate on the dump-bed. Employee #1 injured his head, legs, and torso. He was killed.

Keywords: HEAD, ROLL-OVER, CONSTRUCTION, TORSO, CRUSHED, TRUCK, DUMP TRUCK, STRUCK BY, ASPHALT, LEG

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	308733013			Fatality	Fracture	Truck drivers, heavy

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