Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200831162 - Employee killed when struck by car on highway entrance ramp

Accident Summary Nr: 200831162 -- Report ID: 0215600 -- Event Date: 08/15/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307610048	08/16/2007	1771	238990	Ahern Painting Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:30 p.m. on Aug. 15, 2007, Employee #1, a dump truck driver, and a coworker stopped on the westbound ramp of the Grand Cental Parkway to disconnect a light tower. He was returning to the dump truck when a car traveling from the Clearview Expressway onto the entrance ramp to the Grand Central Parkway struck Employee #1. He was killed.

Keywords: HIGHWAY, TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, DRIVER, TRAFFIC CONTROL, AUTOMOBILE, DUMP TRUCK, STRUCK BY, HIGHWAY SHOULDER

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
1	307610048			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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