Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14425334 - FLAGGER STRUCK AND KILLED BY TRUCK ON HIGHWAY

Accident Summary Nr: 14425334 -- Report ID: 0729300 -- Event Date: 06/30/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106692601	07/01/1992	1622	0	Bangert Brothers Const. Co.

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 11 AM ON JUNE 30, 1992, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ASSIGNED THE DUTIES OF A FLAGMAN TO MERGE THE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC INTO A SINGLE LANE. THE LEFT LANE WAS CLOSED OFF BY SIGNS AND BARRIERS. EMPLOYEE #1 STATIONED HIMSELF IN THE CENTER LANE, DIRECTING TRAFFIC INTO THE RIGHT LANE. A UTILITY TRUCK, ORIGINALLY IN THE RIGHT LANE, CAME AROUND ANOTHER VEHICLE INTO THE CENTER LANE. THE TRUCK'S DRIVER DID NOT SEE EMPLOYEE #1 IN TIME TO STOP OR SWERVE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY THE UTILITY TRUCK. NO SIGNS OR BARRIERS HAD BEEN PLACED IN THE HIGHWAY TO INDICATE THAT THE CENTER LANE WAS CLOSED AND A FLAGGER WAS AHEAD. CASUAL FACTOR: THE FLAGGER WAS STATIONED IN A HIGHWAY LANE IN WHICH THERE WAS MOVING TRAFFIC WITHOUT ADEQUATE SIGNS OR BARRIERS FOR PROTECTION.

Keywords: HIGHWAY, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FLAGMAN, TRUCK, STRUCK BY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106692601			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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