Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170390967 - Traffic Employees Are Struck by Motor Vehicle

Accident Summary Nr: 170390967 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 08/22/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305205098	08/23/2002	1611	0	Indiana Dept. Of Transportation (Indot)

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were in the southbound lane of a highway flagging for a spot mowing operation. The flagging operation included flaggers, traffic signs, and a dump truck protection vehicle behind the mowing crew. When operations were completed, the mower and dump truck moved down the road. The crew went to the shoulder of the northbound lane to wait for the transport to pick them up. The traffic warning signs were still up when a southbound van crossed the road into the northbound lane and flipped over, striking Employees #1 and #2. Employee #1 was killed. Employee #2 was hospitalized with injuries that resulted in permanent paralysis of the right side of his body.

Keywords: HIGHWAY, PARALYSIS, TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, CONSTRUCTION, FLAGMAN, TRUCK, STRUCK BY, LOST CONTROL, HIGHWAY SHOULDER, TRUCK DRIVER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305205098			Fatality	Other	Motor transportation occuputions n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Traffic protection Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by highway vehicle
2	305205098			Hospitalized injury	Other	Motor transportation occuputions n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Traffic protection Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by highway vehicle

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