OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14397079

ROLLER--CONST EQUIP,ROLL-OVER,EQUIPMENT OPERATOR,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,INEXPERIENCE

1988-01-21T10:00:00

Event: ROLLER--CONST EQUIP,ROLL-OVER,EQUIPMENT OPERATOR,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,INEXPERIENCE
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14397079
Report ID: 625400

Event description

CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED WHEN ROLLER OVERTURNED

Investigation abstract

AT ABOUT 10 AM ON JANUARY 21, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A PNEUMATIC TIRE R OLLER 1/2 MILE WEST OF FM RD 2253, KINGSLAND, TEXAS. HE MISJUDGED THE LOCATION O F THE EDGE OF THE SOUTHSIDE ROAD SHOULDER, CAUSING THE EQUIPMENT TO LEAVE THE RO AD AND ROLL OVER AT LEAST ONCE. THE OPERATOR WAS CRUSHED UNDER THE ROLLER. HE HA D OPERATED THE PNEUMATIC ROLLER FOR ABOUT ONE WEEK. HE HAD BEEN GIVEN APPROXIMAT ELY 4 HOURS OF TRAINING. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS UNDER SUPERVISION AT THE TIME OF THE AC CIDENT.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 39 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
19

Event type
2

Source
30

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
4

Task assigned
2

Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.