Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 898692 - One employee killed, two injured when struck by car

Accident Summary Nr: 898692 -- Report ID: 0355114 -- Event Date: 08/30/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303090237	08/30/1999	1611	0	D. J.'S Concrete

Abstract: Employees #1 through #3 were working in a construction zone. Employees #2 and #3 were installing a replacement concrete curb in the zone, which was marked off by four 18 in. orange traffic cones set on a white line that represented a residential parking area. They were struck by an automobile that was passing on the passenger's side of other vehicles, which were slowed by a 32-ton ready mix concrete truck that was impeding the westbound flow of traffic on that two-lane street. The vehicle then struck Employee #1, who was setting out more orange cones at the rear of the concrete truck. Fairfax County paramedics were unable to obtain any vital signs from Employee #1, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Employees #2 and #3 were transported to the Fairfax Hospital Shock/Trauma unit. Employee #2 was treated for minor lacerations and bruising and released; Employee #3 was taken to surgery in critical condition.

Keywords: INSTALLING, TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, CONSTRUCTION, TRAFFIC CONTROL, LACERATION, AUTOMOBILE, STRUCK BY, MOTOR VEHICLE, CONTUSION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303090237	Fatality	Other	Concrete and terrazzo finishers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Bituminous concrete placement Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile
2	303090237	Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Concrete and terrazzo finishers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Bituminous concrete placement Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile
3	303090237	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Concrete and terrazzo finishers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Bituminous concrete placement Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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