OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #994673

KY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

BOWLING GREEN, KY· 1987-09-02T00:00:00

Event: DITCH, ROLLER--CONST EQUIP, PINNED, ROLL-OVER, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CRUSHED, BACKING UP, ROAD PAVING
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #2779221
Employer profile: KY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Summary number: 994673
Report ID: 452110

Event description

Operator killed by overturned roller

Investigation abstract

At approximately 10:00 a.m. on September 2, 1987, Employee #1 was operating a 19 80 Hyster roller, state #522-230. He was rolling an approximately 16 ft patch of blacktop. While in reverse, the roller ran off the blacktop and flipped over in to a ditch next to the roadway, pinning Employee #1 underneath it. He was hospit alized and later died of his injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 51 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
2

Source
29

Occupation code
859

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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