Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201330537 - Employee killed when roller overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 201330537 -- Report ID: 0213600 -- Event Date: 03/18/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305191272	03/18/2002	1629	0	Thomann Asphalt Paving Corp.

Abstract: Employee #1 was operating a single-drum wheel-drive vibratory roller without a rollover protective structure (ROPS). The roller slid down a slope and overturned as it approached the bottom of the slope, landing on top of the operator and killing him.

Keywords: ROLL-OVER, ROPS, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, ASPHALT, OVERTURN, ROAD PAVING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Excavation, landfill		Alteration or rehabilitation		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305191272			Fatality	Other	Operating engineers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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