Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 137568.015 - Employee Is Killed When Hit By Vehicle In Work Zone

**Accident: 137568.015 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 07/26/2021**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1544487.015	07/27/2021		Highway Specialty Company Inc

At 8:39 p.m. on July 26, 2021, an employee was leading traffic control efforts s etting up signage with a coworker as a sub-contractor on a highway project. The employee had finished setting up along the shoulder of the highway and was walki ng back to a truck when a vehicle struck the employee and fled the scene. The em ployee suffered multiple blunt force trauma injuries and was killed.

Keywords: blunt force, blunt force trauma, distracted driving, flagman, highway, highway shoulder, highway work zone, injury illness prevention program, lighting, motor vehicle, road, struck by, traffic accident, traffic co

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1544487.015	47	M	Fatality		Flagman	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Traffic protection FatCause:

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