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Accident: 14224455 - Employee Run Over By Road Roller, Crushed To Death

Accident: 14224455 -- Report ID: 0355115 -- Event Date: 10/21/1986
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1738205210/22/19861611Slurry Pavers, Inc.
ON OCTOBER 21, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DRIVING A GALION 8 TO 10 1/2 TON TANDEM STEEL WHEEL ROLLER UP A STEEP GRADE. THE ROLLER LOST TRACTION ON THE BITUMINOUS SURFACE AND BEGAN TO SKID BACKWARDS. AS IT SKIDDED BACKWARDS DOWN THE HILL, IT TURNED COUNTER CLOCKWISE IN THE ROAD. EMPLOYEE #1 EITHER JUMPED FROM, OR WAS THROWN FROM THE ROLLER. THE ROLLER THEN RAN OVER HIM, CAUSING FATAL INJURIES TO HIS NECK AND CHEST.
Keywords: chest, roller--const equip, construction, steep grade, crushed, neck, lost control, run over
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 17382052 Fatality Fracture Paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators

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