Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 780528 - Employee killed when struck by 18-wheeler

Accident Summary Nr: 780528 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 02/08/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2800589	02/09/1988	1611	0	Transportation Cabinet Dept Of Highways

Abstract: At approximately 7:50 a.m. on February 8, 1988, Employee #1, an employee of the traffic cabinet, district 2, was in charge of setting traffic cones to close off the right hand lane of Interstate 24. He had just finished setting the tapper with the traffic cones and was beginning to place them along the center line when an 18-wheeler drove through the traffic cones. Employee #1 began running toward the outside emergency lane, but he was struck and killed before he was able to clear the roadway.

Keywords: TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, CONSTRUCTION, TRAFFIC CONTROL, COLLISION, TRUCK, STRUCK BY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2800589			Fatality	Other	Motor transportation occuputions n.e.c.

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