Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 94457.015 - Employee suffers apparent heart attack, resulting in traffic

Accident Summary Nr: 94457.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 04/03/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1222490.015	04/04/2017		237310	Hawkeye Paving Corporation

Abstract: At approximately 10:20 p.m. on April 3, 2017, an employee and two coworkers were in the process of removing traffic control cones/barrels. The employee was parked alone in a pickup truck on/near shoulder of an on ramp. Two coworkers were behind the truck removing cones/barrels to the side of the road. All of a sudden, the employee started moving in reverse at high rate of speed, crossed the on ramp and the closed lane and into oncoming traffic in the open lane resulting in a wreck which killed the employee. A possible medical condition may have initiated the accident.

Keywords: Construction vehicle, Flagger, Heart Attack, Motor Vehicle, Struck By

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1222490.015	54	F	Fatality		Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Traffic protection Fatality Cause:

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