Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: Construction Laborer211 Dies After Being Run Over by Asphalt Roller at Highway Construction Site, 211 Virginia, October 23, 1997

摘要

On October 23, 1997, a 37-year-old male construction laborer (the victim) died211u001eafter being run over by an asphalt roller during a highway paving operation. A 211u001eseven-person crew was engaged in paving the westbound lanes of a four-lane U.S. 211u001ehighway. At the time of the incident, the crew was paving the right lane and 211u001etraffic was moving in the left lane. The victim was assigned to walk back and 211u001eforth along the highway, checking the traffic cones positioned along the dotted 211u001elines at the center of the highway to ensure they were standing upright, and 211u001eensuring that the construction-zone warning signs remained standing. As the 211u001eforeman of the crew operated the paving machine, the asphalt roller followed 211u001ebehind to smooth the newly laid asphalt.