Inspection Detail
Inspection: 310991815 - Apac-Southeast, Inc., Ballenger Paving Division
Inspection Information - Office: Savannah Area Office
Site Address:
Apac-Southeast, Inc., Ballenger Paving Division
Route 99 & Exit 42, I-95 North
Brunswick, GA 31546
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 127, Greenville, SC 29602
Union Status: NonUnion
SIC:1611
NAICS: 237310/ Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction
Inspection Type: Accident
Scope: Complete
Advanced Notice: N
Ownership: Private
Safety/Health: Safety
Close Conference: 04/09/2009
Emphasis: L:Fall, S:Commercial Constr, S:Fall From Height, S:Hwy Street Bridge Constr, S:Silica, S:Struck-By
Case Closed: 07/31/2009
Type | Activity Nr | Safety | Health |
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Accident | 100904176 |
Investigation Summary
On November 22, 2008, Employee #1, an operator of a John Deere 650J Track Dozer with a front blade attachment, was working at a concrete and aggregate batch yard, located adjacent to active public vehicular traffic lanes, in a highway work zone construction project. Witnesses saw the dozer traveling in reverse, towards the highway, without an operator. Employee #1 had apparently been operating the dozer, but investigators could not determine how or why he dismounted the dozer. Witnesses last saw Employee #1 running along the right side of the moving dozer, making several attempts to remount it. Just before the dozer hit a concrete traffic barricade (traffic delineator device) that separated the batch yard from the highway, Employee #1 apparently slipped and was run over by the right-side dozer track. The dozer climbed the barricade and came to rest on top of it. Employee #1 was killed in the accident.
Keywords: EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, BULLDOZER, RUN OVER
# | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 310991815 | Fatality | Fracture | Grader, dozer and scraper operators |