OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221686207

157182 - WELLONS CONSTRUCTION, INC.

LILLINGTON, NC— 2024-07-23T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Compactor, Construction, Crushed, Driver, Driving, Ejected, Equipment Operator, Excavation, Jump From Moving Equip, Overturn, Pinned, ROPS, Rolled, Seat Belt, Sharp Turn, Slope, Soil, Trench, Unstable Soil, Unstable Surface
NAICS: 238910
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347642308
Employer profile: 157182 - WELLONS CONSTRUCTION, INC.
Summary number: 221686207
Report ID: 0453710

Event description

Employee dies of blunt trauma crushed when compactor rolls

Investigation abstract

At 3:49 p.m. on July 23, 2024, an employee working for a site preparation and the ground. The employee had not been wearing the functioning seat beat in the cab of the compactor. The employee died from multiple blunt force trauma. contractor was operating a CAT Sheep Foot Compactor Roller. The employee was compacting soil over a previously installed 18-foot RCP as part of a storm water drainage system located in a future residential sub-division. While compacting the soil and driving in reverse, the employee navigated over an approximately 2-foot-high dirt berm left by the excavator that back filled the trench. While driving over the berm, it appears the employee turned the compactor sharply causing the compactor to overturn. The employee was either ejected or tried to jump as the compactor started to roll. The employee was pinned between the ROPS

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 55 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
999

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