Accident Report Detail
Accident: 201095767 - Employee Struck By Vehicle While Directing Traffic
Accident: 201095767 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 06/27/2002 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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126180900 | 07/01/2002 | 1611 | Granite Construction | ||||
At approximately 1:15 p.m. on June 7, 2002, Employee #1 was working as a flagman in a T intersection at the top of the T, in a construction zone on a public street. There was a backhoe working in the right lane, on the right side of the T. There was also a truck with a 40 ft trailer parked beside the backhoe. Employee #1 was standing toward the center of the right hand of the bottom of the T, holding-up traffic, when the truck decided to make a left turn into the bottom of the T. As the truck was turning; Employee #1 was hit in the head by the trailer body, just in front of the back wheels of the trailer. Employee was knocked down and the wheels ran over him. Employee #1 suffered a broken right leg; broken left pinky finger; and stomach injuries. Employee #1 was taken to the hospital and treated for his injuries. | |||||||
Keywords:
fracture, head, abdomen, finger, construction, flagman, truck, struck by, backhoe, leg
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Highway, road, street | Other | $500,000 to $1,000,000 | |||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 126180900 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Construction laborers | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Traffic protection FatCause: Crushed/run-over by highway vehicle |