Inspection Detail
Inspection Information - Office: Indiana | ||||
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Nr: 114947583 | Report ID: 0551800 | Open Date: 04/20/1992 | ||
Gust K Newberg Construction Co | ||||
Idot R19493 I 65 South Indianapolis, IN 46237 | Union Status: Union | |||
SIC: 1611/Highway and Street Construction, Except Elevated Highways | ||||
Mailing: Attn Otis Gilbert Newman Po Box 17514, Indianapolis, IN 46217 | ||||
Inspection Type: | Accident | |||
Scope: | Partial | Advanced Notice: | N | |
Ownership: | Private | |||
Safety/Health: | Safety | Close Conference: | 05/04/1992 | |
Planning Guide: | Safety-Construction | Close Case: | 05/18/1992 | |
Related Activity: | Type | ID | Safety | Health |
Accident | 361037765 |
Accident Investigation Summary | ||||||
Summary Nr: 903351 | Event: 04/18/1992 | One Employee Killed, One Injured When Struck By Automobile | ||||
At approximately 3:45 a.m. on April 18, 1992, Employees #1 and #2 were checking interstate construction/traffic barricades to ensure that they were in proper positions for the morning traffic. They were working either behind the barricade/traffic barrels or away from the traffic when an automobile traveling in the southbound lane of the interstate, driven by an alleged drunken driver, crashed through the warning barrels and struck the two employees. Employee #1 was pronounced dead at the scene and Employee #2 was critically injured with internal injuries and fractures, for which he was hospitalized. | ||||||
Keywords: fracture, highway, traffic barrel, construction, traffic control, intoxicated, automobile, struck by | ||||||
Inspection | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |||
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1 | 114947583 | Hospitalized injury | Other | Construction laborers | ||
2 | 114947583 | Fatality | Other | Truck drivers, light |