OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14526602

GENERAL ASPHALT COMPANY

MIAMI, FL· 1985-11-07T00:00:00

Event: ROLLER--CONST EQUIP, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, BACKING UP, CRANE, INATTENTION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #2456358
Employer profile: GENERAL ASPHALT COMPANY
Summary number: 14526602
Report ID: 418800

Event description

Employee killed after backing roller into crane

Investigation abstract

At approximately 12:30 p.m., Employee #1 backed a Brothers 6-BT traffic roller i nto the boom tip and block of a parked Bucyrus crane. He was crushed and killed between the boom tip and the roller's steering wheel.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 49 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
5

Event type
2

Source
30

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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