OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #823955
FRACTURE,ROLLER--CONST EQUIP,CONSTRUCTION,CAUGHT BETWEEN,ASPHALT,LEG
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN ROLLER OVERTURNS
Investigation abstract
From interview and investigation since there were no witness to this accident it appears Employee #1 was rolling soft asphalt 6 in. to 8 in. deep at the edge of a roadway. The ground at the roadway edge was soft. Employee #1 apparently had some of the roller too far off the asphalt causing the roller to start to overtu rn. The operator, in hurry to stop the machine and get it pulled out, tried to b ack out causing the roller to overturn in the soft ground, trapping the operator under it. Employee #1 injured his legs and was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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