A construction laborer died when he was struck by a fast moving vehicle as he crossed the roadway in a street construction work zone

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• Personal Author:
  Cierpich, Hank ; Harrison, Robert ; Styles, Laura
• Corporate Authors:
  California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE) ; California. Department of Public Health. Occupational Health Branch
• Description:
  A 19-year-old Hispanic construction laborer died when he was struck by a vehicle as he was crossing the road in a street construction work zone. The incident occurred at dusk while it was raining. There were no lights available to illuminate the work area after dusk. The work zone was identified by traffic cones along the work area, a diamond-shaped sign at each end, and two flag persons. The victim was wearing an orange rain coat with reflectors and a hard hat. The CA/FACE investigator determined that in order to prevent future occurrences, employers, as part of their Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP), should: 1. Ensure street construction work zones are set up in accordance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). 2. Ensure employees in street construction work zones look both ways before crossing the street and wait for oncoming traffic to pass. 3. Ensure construction work crews have lights available to illuminate the work area after dusk.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Lighting Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Injuries Injury-prevention Light-source Lighting-systems OSHA Region 9 Personal-protection Personal-protective-equipment Road-construction Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Training Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Construction ; Highway Work Zones ; Hispanic - Construction ; Motor Vehicles ; Foreign Born Workers
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE04CA008
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20028605
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2006-100866
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 04CA008, 2005 Jul ; :1-4
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Performing Organization:
  Public Health Institute
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  23 - Construction - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5d14eeb14e65914ff0b7be7d53faf2940c95951097652537f4a58d79bff775a420408141143c347ff56081126e01c1ec853027b3094d55a272b475ed4642e097
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/166519/cdc_166519_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 34.56 KB ]