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Accident: 201764008 - Employee Is Killed By Drunk Driver In Construction Zone
Accident: 201764008 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 10/16/2011 | |||||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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| 315783852 | 10/17/2011 | 1611 | Angel Brothers Enterprises | ||||
| At approximately 3:45 a.m. on October 15, 2011, Employee #1 was working on a highway construction project. Employee #1 was shoveling loose gravel along an elevated bridge along an interstate highway. He was working within a tapered area approximately 6200 feet from the placement of the first traffic cone. Off-duty policemen were directing traffic as it merged into one lane from two lanes. A drunk driver traveling through the tapered area lost control of his vehicle and veered into the lane closure, striking and killing Employee #1. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was pronounced dead. | |||||||
Keywords:
highway, dwi, struck by, run over, highway shoulder
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| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
| Highway, road, street | Maintenance or repair | $5,000,000 to $20,000,000 | X | ||||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
| 1 | 315783852 | Fatality | Other | Paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Paving FatCause: Crushed/run-over by highway vehicle |
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