Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 132810.015 - Employee amputates leg when struck by car directing traffic

Accident Summary Nr: 132810.015 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 11/21/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1503532.015	11/23/2020		238170	Taylor Creek, Inc.

Abstract: At 6:50 a.m. on November 21, 2020, an employee working as a construction laborer for a building contractor was directing traffic. The employee was struck by a personal vehicle that drove onto the shoulder. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputation of the right leg.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Construction, Highway, Highway Shoulder, Highway work zone, Instantaneous amputation, Laborer, Leg, Motor Vehicle, Struck By, Traffic Accident, Traffic Control, Traumatic Amputation

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1503532.015	62	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Traffic protection Fatality Cause:

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