Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 903351 - One employee killed, one injured when struck by automobile

Accident Summary Nr: 903351 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 04/18/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
114947583	04/20/1992	1611	0	Gust K Newberg Construction Co

Abstract: At approximately 3:45 a.m. on April 18, 1992, Employees #1 and #2 were checking interstate construction/traffic barricades to ensure that they were in proper positions for the morning traffic. They were working either behind the barricade/traffic barrels or away from the traffic when an automobile traveling in the southbound lane of the interstate, driven by an alleged drunken driver, crashed through the warning barrels and struck the two employees. Employee #1 was pronounced dead at the scene and Employee #2 was critically injured with internal injuries and fractures, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HIGHWAY, TRAFFIC BARREL, CONSTRUCTION, TRAFFIC CONTROL, INTOXICATED, AUTOMOBILE, STRUCK BY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	114947583			Hospitalized injury	Other	Construction laborers
2	114947583			Fatality	Other	Truck drivers, light

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