Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 96878.015 - One employee is killed and another injured when struck by a

Accident Summary Nr: 96878.015 -- Report ID: 1054113 -- Event Date: 06/06/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1244874.015	06/16/2017	1611	237310	317717304 - Knife River Corp

Abstract: At 3:21 p.m. on June 6, 2017, a Peterbuilt box van traveling northbound on I-5 near milepost 280 in the middle of 3 lanes drove through barrel barricades at a high rate of speed into a protected construction work zone. The van struck the rear of a F-250 construction vehicle that was occupied by Employee #1 (Driver) and Employee #2 (Passenger). The impact of the collision pushed the F-250 into the center median area and the truck continued driving northbound without stopping. Both employees were hospitalized, Employee #1 was treated and released, and Employee #2 died on June 13, 2017.

Keywords: Construction, Construction vehicle, Struck By, Truck

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	1244874.015	57	M	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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