Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200840353 - Employee killed when car drives up truck ramp on highway

Accident Summary Nr: 200840353 -- Report ID: 0524530 -- Event Date: 09/03/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300608288	09/04/1998	1611	0	Wabash Asphalt Co. Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, a truck driver, was delivering a roller to a crew preparing to apply asphalt to a driveway adjacent to a rural highway with a speed limit of 50 mph. He parked his tractor-trailer partially on the shoulder and partially in the southbound traffic lane near the driveway, then lowered the rear of the lowboy trailer. He was on the trailer, unhooking the binder chains, when a southbound motorist drove up the trailer ramp and struck him. Employee #1 was killed. There were no warning signs set up leading to the work area, and no coworkers flagging traffic before the road obstruction.

Keywords: HIGHWAY, TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FLAGMAN, TRAFFIC CONTROL, OFF LOADING, STRUCK BY, TRUCK DRIVER, WARNING SIGN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300608288			Fatality	Fracture	Truck drivers, heavy	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by highway vehicle

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