Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120277280 - Employee killed by intoxicated driver

Accident Summary Nr: 120277280 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 04/21/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120277280	04/24/2000	1611	0	Pave-Tec Inc

Abstract: Employee #1, a regular employee of a general highway construction contractor, was working within a closed lane on the freeway. He was picking up red traffic cones while standing on a rack that was mounted on the rear of a 1995 Ford F350XL construction truck, company identification #12, California plate 5V76092. The truck was backing down the closed lane when a 1999 Ford F250 automobile, CA plate 5Z99717, driven by an intoxicated driver swerved into the closed lane and crashed into the rear of the construction truck. Employee #1 was pinned between the two vehicles and was killed. The accident was caused by the alcohol-impaired driver. No violation of OSHA standards was found.

Keywords: HIGHWAY, TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, PINNED, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, INTOXICATED, STRUCK BY, MOTOR VEHICLE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120277280			Fatality	Other	Paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by highway vehicle

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