Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14473805 - Employee killed when fire engulfs vehicle after collision

Accident Summary Nr: 14473805 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 11/13/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109639781	11/14/1991	1731	0	Mead Electric Company, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 1:25 p.m. on November 13, 1991, Employee #1 was working as a flagman at a highway construction project on I-80. The construction project was well marked with the appropriate warning signs. Cones and two flashing arrow signs mounted on trucks identified a lane that was closed. Employee #1 was sitting in the second arrow truck, which was parked in the closed lane. A semi tractor and trailer traveling westbound ignored the warning signs and the cones closing the lane and drove into the rear of the arrow truck. The truck was knocked off the road and caught fire. Employee #1 was trapped in the truck and burned to death.

Keywords: BURN, OBSTRUCTED EGRESS, TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, FIRE, CONSTRUCTION, FLAGMAN, COLLISION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109639781			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported

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