Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201342144 - Employee killed when struck by construction vehicle

Accident Summary Nr: 201342144 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 08/28/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303800700	08/29/2001	1611	0	Wittwer Paving, Inc.

Abstract: On August 29, 2001, an employee working for a paving company was killed when he was struck by a construction vehicle on a highway construction project. The highway's mainline was completed which was 24 feet wide. Immediately before the accident, in the northbound lane of the highway, a laydown machine was readied for use. A belt laydown machine was also in the northbound lane, approximately 100 feet north of the laydown machine. A boom truck was traveling south in the southbound lane of the highway when it glanced off the belt laydown machine. The driver lost control and the boom truck skidded up into the laydown machine, killing the employee.

Keywords: BOOM TRUCK, HIGHWAY, TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, VEHICLE, CONSTRUCTION, DRIVER, TRUCK, STRUCK BY

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303800700	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Crane and tower operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Bituminous concrete placement Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating
2	303800700	Fatality	Fracture	Machine operators, not specified	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Bituminous concrete placement Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating
3	303800700	Non Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Machine operators, not specified	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by construction equipment during

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