Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 759175 - Employee killed when struck by tractor trailer on highway

Accident Summary Nr: 759175 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 07/29/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103947867	07/30/1987	1611	0	A Metz Incorporated

Abstract: Employee #1 was in front of two flashing arrowboards being pulled by two trucks at approximately 2 mph. Truck #2 was straddling the shoulder approximately 200 to 300 feet behind truck #1. Truck #1 was approximately 20 feet behind Employee #1, who was operating the profilograph machine. The trucks and arrowboards and Employee #1 were in the passing lane of the westbound Indiana Toll Road near mile marker 30. A tractor trailer struck the flashing arrowboard and truck #1, continued around truck #1, and hit Employee #1 and the profilograph machine. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: HIGHWAY, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, TRACTOR TRAILER, HIGHWAY SHOULDER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103947867			Fatality	Concussion	Paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators

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