OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14388128
BOWERS ASPHALT PAVING INC.
PERRYSBURG, OH·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed under an asphalt roller
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a laborer, was raking the seam smooth behind the south side of an a kward directly in front of the roller. The lead roll went over him before the ma chine could be stopped. Employee #1 was crushed and killed. sphalt paver that was paving in an easterly direction. A Bomag 7-ton roller was backing west about 5 ft south of the paver and the laborer. The roller operator checked to be sure the laborer was clear, then proceeded west. As Employee #1 tu rned his head to look for another slab about 7 ft south of his path, he stepped backward and bumped the leading part of the roller frame passing behind him. Emp loyee #1 then stepped away from the roller, but his rake handle caught on the ro ller, pulling him sideways to the west. He then stumbled on the bottom of the ra ke and the handle came up, striking him in the chest and causing him to fall bac
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 59 Male
- Nature of injury
- Other (21)
- Part of body
- MULTIPLE (19)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- MOTOR VEHICLE(INDUS) (30)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- POSITION INAPROPRIATE FOR TASK (10)
- Environmental factor
- WORK-SURFACE/FACIL-LAYOUT COND (13)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.