Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 165506.015 - Employee dies of trauma after struck by POV during flagging

Accident Summary Nr: 165506.015 -- Report ID: 0316400 -- Event Date: 04/04/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1739257.015	04/04/2024		561990	Southern Traffic Solutions, Llc

Abstract: At 10:52 a.m. on April 4, 2024, an employee working as a laborer for a highway construction traffic control service was working as a flagger. The employee was standing in the west lane of a two-lane roadway flagging traffic traveling southbound on US Route 340. A midsize SUV privately owned vehicle (POV) traveling southbound on US Route 340 approached the work zone before swerving off the roadway to avoid a vehicle that was stopped in front of the employee. The POV struck the employee as a result. The employee died from head and other blunt trauma injuries associated with being struck by a vehicle.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Driver, Driving, Flagger, Head, Highway, Highway work zone, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Road, Struck By, Torso, Traffic Accident, Traffic Control, Vehicle, Work zone

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Other				0	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1739257.015	62	F	Fatality		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Traffic protection Fatality Cause:

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