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Accident Summary Nr: 82129.015 - Employee is killed when struck by an automobile inside the w

Accident Summary Nr: 82129.015 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 01/07/2016
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1116661.015	01/08/2016		237310	Good Hope Contracting, Co., Inc.

Abstract: At 4:55 p.m. on January 7, 2016 Employee #1 and Employee #2 were in the process of lowering a mobile traffic sign. A vehicle was traveling northbound on I-59 at a high rate of speed, the vehicle then left the highway on the right side into the emergency lane where Employee #1 and Employee #2 were lowering the sign. There was a company truck parked behind both employees to protect them while lowering the sign, the vehicle went around the right side of the truck striking Employee #1 and Employee #2. Employee #2 suffered cuts, bruises and contusions and Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: Speeding, Struck By, Vehicle

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	0	0	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1116661.015	44	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Traffic protection Fatality Cause:

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