OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #801662
BERKELEY COUNTY HWY MAINT. SHOP
MONCKS CORNER, SC·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed between road paving equipment
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was shoveling loose rock from the back of a pan truck and throwing i t on top of a freshly asphalted road. The pan truck was being followed by an Ing ram rubber tire roller (packer), model #9-288, serial #496089-P124. The brakes o n the roller were faulty and its operator could not stop. Employee #1 was caught between the back of the pan truck and the front of the roller. Employee #1 died of multiple fractures, severe hemorrhaging, and crushing injuries.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 594
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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