Asphalt machine runs over and kills worker -- Iowa.

Johnson, Wayne; Rautiainen, Risto

doi:10.26616/NIOSHSFACE96IA055

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Asphalt machine runs over and kills worker -- Iowa.

1997/02/01
By Johnson, Wayne ; Rautiainen, Risto
Series: Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)

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Johnson, Wayne ; Rautiainen, Risto

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Iowa Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (Iowa FACE) ; University of Iowa. College of Medicine. Institute for Rural and Environmental Health

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In the summer of 1996, a 35-year-old construction worker, who had been on the job only four days, died after being run over by an asphalt road-widening machine when it ran backwards over him. The man was part of a 9-man crew who were widening a state highway. The victim's job was to walk to the side and rear of the road widener, visually adjusting the machine's side-mounted spreader arm. The road-widening crew normally lays down two layers of asphalt: the machine moves slowly forward applying the first layer, then must back up to lay the second layer. After the first layer was applied, the victim apparently jumped on the machine as it was backing up, slipped off and was run over by the right front tire. Fresh asphalt on the bottom of his boots may have contributed to his fall. The machine weighed 40 tons and amputated his left leg and injured his hemipelvis. The man was flown to a regional hospital and had major complications of significant internal bleeding and cardiac arrest, and died nine days later. Recommendations based on our investigation are as follows: 1. Heavy equipment operators must always remain aware of the location of workers around their machines. 2. Operators must not permit riders on industrial equipment or vehicles that are not designed for passengers. 3. Employees working in heat stress environments should be given a period of acclimatization and be scheduled for work periods and rest breaks in accordance with recognized standards (ACGIH and NIOSH). 4. Workers who are not fit for duty due to illness or fatigue should not be assigned to hazardous tasks.
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Publication Date provided by FACE program; not printed on the report.
Subjects:

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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

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Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Accidents Construction Construction-equipment Construction-industry Construction-workers Equipment-operators Fatigue Heat-stress Heat-tolerance Injuries Injury-prevention NIOSH Region-7 Protective-measures Rest-periods Road-construction Road-surfacing Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Construction (0005) ; Highway Work Zones (0008) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Machine Construction (0014)

All (0000) ; Construction (0005) ; Highway Work Zones (0008) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Machine Construction (0014) Less -
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Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
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State
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE96IA055
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Funding:

Cooperative Agreement
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

Iowa
CIO:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Topic:

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

5 pdf pages
NIOSHTIC Number:

20028262
NTIS Accession Number:

PB2007-108693
Citation:

Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 96IA055, 1997 Feb; :1-4
Federal Fiscal Year:

1997
Performing Organization:

Iowa Department of Public Health
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

23 - Construction - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

1992/09/30
Source Full Name:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
End Date:

2006/08/31
Resource Number:

FACE-96IA055
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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