OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #759571
EMBANKMENT,UNCONSCIOUSNESS,ROLLER--CONST EQUIP,ROLL-OVER,CONSTRUCTION
Event description
CONSTRUCTION ROLLER OPERATOR DIED, WENT OVER EMBANKMENT
Investigation abstract
TWO COMPACTOR/ROLLER MACHINES WERE COMPACTING A ROAD BED. AFTER TURNING HIS MACH INE AROUND, EMPLOYEE #1 DIRECTED HIS UNIT IN THE DIRECTION OF THE RIGHT BANK. AF TER CONVERGING ON THE ROAD EDGE, THE MACHINE TRAVELLED ALONG THE EDGE FOR 28 FEE T, THEN ROLLED TO THE RIGHT AND DOWN THE EMBANKMENT. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS THROWN FROM THE MACHINE TO A ROCKY AREA BELOW. WHEN THE OTHER OPERATOR SAW THAT AN ACCIDENT HAD OCCURRED, HE INVESTIGATED AND FOUND EMPLOYEE #1, DEAD.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 54 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 594
- Human factor
- 7
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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