Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201067279 - Flagmen Is Killed When Run over by Concrete Truck

Accident Summary Nr: 201067279 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 01/31/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125879122	01/31/2004	1771	238110	J.T. Wimsatt Contracting Co

Abstract: At approximately 9:00 a.m. on January 31, 2004, Employee #1, a flagger with J.T. Wimsatt Contracting Company, Inc., was one of three traffic control flagmen (the other two were supervisors) directing concrete trucks unloading at a condominium project. The two-lane, two-way public street had been converted into a one-way closed construction zone for this Saturday pour job. Employee #1 was positioned in front of an underground parking garage to provide access to and from the parking garage for residents of the condominium directly above. A supervisor directed a concrete truck to move forward, unaware that Employee #1 had moved directly in front of it. The concrete truck pulled forward, ran over Employee #1, and killed him. The fully-loaded concrete truck (owned by Vulcan) was a Kenworth W900 t (CA license plate number 7378118, Vulcan truck number 51319) that weighed approximately 19 tons.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CONCRETE TRUCK, CONSTRUCTION, FLAGMAN, TRAFFIC CONTROL, LACERATION, RUN OVER, COMMUNICATION, CONCRETE, INATTENTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	10	100	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125879122			Fatality	Fracture	Construction laborers

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