Inspection Detail

Inspection: 101991412 - Indiana Department Of Highways

Inspection Information - Office: Indiana Department Of Labor

Investigation Summary

Employee #1 was sitting in state highway truck #8718 while four coworkers were repairing highway guardrails. A semi tractor hit a small object in the road and went out of control. The tractor hit a concrete abutment on the west side of the bridge, reared across the highway and hit the east side of the bridge, and came back across the highway and struck truck #8718. The truck was turned around and pushed over onto Employee #1, who had meanwhile left the truck to get away from the out-of-control tractor when coworkers yelled. Employee #1 was killed. The state highway workers were in compliance with safety regulations.

Keywords: HIGHWAY, TRUCK, STRUCK BY, TRACTOR--TRUCK, LOST CONTROL, OVERTURN