Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 133378.015 - Employee sustains head trauma when car is struck on highway

Accident Summary Nr: 133378.015 -- Report ID: 0551701 -- Event Date: 02/15/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1515197.015	02/18/2021		922120	Il State Police - District 5

Abstract: At 11:46 a.m. on February 15, 2021, an employee working as a police officer for a state law enforcement agency was diverting traffic from the left lane of traffic on an interstate. The employee was sitting in his squad car without wearing his seatbelt. The squad car was rear ended by a vehicle travelling at high speed. The employee was tossed around in the vehicle before it came to rest in the center lane of traffic. The employee was hospitalized to treat multiple blunt force injuries including fractures, lacerations, contusions and head trauma with a concussion and subdural hematoma.

Keywords: Back, Bleeding, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Brain, Brain Bleed, Chest, Concussion, Contusion, Driver, Driving, Fracture, Head, Highway, Internal Bleeding, Laceration, Law Enforcement, Motor Vehicle, Person, Police, Road, Seat Belt, Speeding, Struck By, Subdural Hematoma, Torso, Traffic Accident, Traffic Control, Traumatic Brain Injury, Weather, Wrong Equipment

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1515197.015	32	M	Hospitalized injury		Law Enforcement: Police

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