Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201521259 - Employee struck by semi and killed

Accident Summary Nr: 201521259 -- Report ID: 0111500 -- Event Date: 08/08/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303946396	08/09/2001	1611	0	Santoro, Inc.

Abstract: On August 8, 2001, a highway was three lanes at a construction area. The right hand lane was shut down and cones and signs were in place to designate the lane shutdown. Vehicular traffic was traveling in the middle and left lanes. Employee #1, a highway construction worker, working at the edge of the lane which was shut down. Employee #1 was working with another employee marking chalk lines for saw cuts across the right lane. Employee #1 was working at the left edge of the right lane, where the right and middle lanes meet. Employee #1 was struck-by the right bumper of a Freightliner tractor trailer truck and killed.

Keywords: CONSTRUCTION, DRIVER, STRUCK BY, TRACTOR, TRACTOR--TRUCK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303946396			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by highway vehicle

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