Noel Soleyn, a 62-year-old construction worker, died in Palm Bay after he was fatally run over by a tandem asphalt roller.
The manipulation of the asphalt comes from ballasting the pneumatic roller to achieve a specific weight. "The front four tires will rut the material, and along in the back you have five back tires ...
Three-wheeled or single drum rollers have a drum in the front and specialized tires in the back, allowing them to roll over almost any surface. Many times asphalt roadways are put down over soil ...
When compacting subbases, contractors will use heavy rollers (or even the tires of the earth-moving equipment) for large ...