Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200000552 - Employee killed when struck by truck on highway

Accident Summary Nr: 200000552 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 08/31/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302242805	09/01/1998	1611	0	Vance Brothers, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 9:00 a.m. on August 31, 1998, Employee #1 was applying micro-sealant to the road surface along the outer (traffic) edge of a controlled highway zone on westbound Interstate 70 near Boonville, MO. He was walking behind the left rear of a large motorized resurfacing machine, apparently right at the cone line where the controlled zone bordered the traffic lane, when he was struck from behind by an 18-wheel tractor trailer. Employee #1 was taken by ambulance to Cooper County Hospital; he died while being transported by helicopter to a trauma center in Columbia, MO. At the time of the accident, the right-hand lane in which he was working was closed, restricting traffic to one westbound lane. A highway patrol unit was running radar at the entrance to the construction zone and the vehicle that struck Employee #1 was reportedly clocked at 55 mph, the legal speed limit through the zone.

Keywords: HIGHWAY, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, RUN OVER, ROAD PAVING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		$500,000 to $1,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302242805			Fatality	Concussion	Paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by highway vehicle

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