Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 700500 - Employee killed when struck by backing dump truck

Accident Summary Nr: 700500 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 05/14/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18051144	05/14/1998	1623	0	L.P. Cavett Company

Abstract: Employee #1, a flagger, had just completed controlling the traffic flow in the northbound lane of a divided highway so a pavement milling machine could move to the southbound side. She proceeded across the median into the southbound portion of the highway construction area, walking north toward the milling machine. A dump truck backing up to the milling machine struck her from behind; Employee #1 was killed. Reportedly, the back-up alarm on the dump truck was clearly audible above the noise of the construction area.

Keywords: HIGHWAY, CONSTRUCTION, FLAGMAN, DUMP TRUCK, STRUCK BY, HIGHWAY SHOULDER, BACKING UP, INATTENTION

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	18051144			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	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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