Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201615218 - Intoxicated Motorist Kills Worker Setting Up Sign

Accident Summary Nr: 201615218 -- Report ID: 1054113 -- Event Date: 07/10/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315668798	07/11/2012	1794	238910	Knife River Corporation - Northwest

Abstract: At approximately 7:40 p.m. on July 11, 2012, Employee #1, a 48-year-old male with Knife River Corporation Northwest, was setting a construction sign on the southbound side of a two-lane road at the fog line. An intoxicated motorist traveling southbound struck and killed Employee #1.

Keywords: TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, DRIVER, INTOXICATED, AUTOMOBILE, STRUCK BY

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	315668798			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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