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Accident: 116542.015 - Employee Installing Traffic Lights Fractures Leg When Struck
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1403296.015 | 05/21/2019 | Columbia Electric Inc. |
At 10:00 a.m. on May 20, 2019, Employee #1 and coworkers were installing traffic signal lights for a new intersection with four lanes of active traffic. They h ad set up the lights and were making spools/bundles of wires, which would be use d to finish connecting the lights at a later date. Employee #1 moved into a lan e of live traffic and was struck by an oncoming vehicle. He was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of a fractured leg.
Keywords:
blunt force trauma, construction, fracture, highway, highway work zone, installing, leg, lighting, motor vehicle, struck by, traffic control
| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highway, road, street | New project or new addition | ||||||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1403296.015 | 50 | M | Hospitalized injury | Laborers, except construction | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Traffic protection FatCause: |