Construction Zone Worker Hit By Gravel Truck

Davis, Arthur W.; Hetzler, William E.; Hirsh, Gary L.

doi:10.26616/NIOSHSFACE00NE034

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Construction Zone Worker Hit By Gravel Truck

2001/01/31
By Davis, Arthur W. ; Hetzler, William E. ; Hirsh, Gary L.
Series: Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)

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Davis, Arthur W. ; Hetzler, William E. ; Hirsh, Gary L.

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Corporate Authors:

Nebraska Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Nebraska FACE) ; Nebraska. Department of Labor ; Nebraska Workforce Development

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Description:

A 57-year-old construction superintendent was killed when he was struck by a gravel truck. The victim was filling concrete expansion cracks with tar in the southbound lane of two-lane concrete state highway. A gravel truck approaching from the north (same lane) came upon the construction zone, saw the flag person ahead and hit his brakes hard, but was unable to stop. The truck initially skidded straight towards the victim, but at the last few seconds started to jackknife. The victim attempted to escape by running across the northbound lane, but was caught between the gravel truck and the tar equipment. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. The Nebraska Department of Labor Investigator concluded that to prevent future similar occurrences: 1. Employers should ensure that adequate warning signs are placed prior to the construction site. 2. When working in the middle of a highway while allowing traffic on both sides, flaggers should be used at both ends of the construction zone. 3. Employers should consider lowering the work site speed limit below that of the regular construction zone. 4. Employers may consider, where the work site is constantly changing, to have a vehicle following the workers with directional arrows, flashing lights and/or beacons to alert oncoming traffic and serve as a personnel barrier.
Subjects:

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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

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Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Accidents Construction Construction-equipment Construction-workers Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 7 Protective-measures Road-construction Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Traumatic-injuries Truck-drivers Trucking Warning-devices Warning-signs Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Construction (0005) ; Highway Work Zones (0008) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Machine Construction (0014) ; ... More +

All (0000) ; Construction (0005) ; Highway Work Zones (0008) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Machine Construction (0014) ; Motor Vehicles (0016) ; Dump Truck (0036) Less -
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Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
Subseries:

State
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE00NE034
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Funding:

Cooperative Agreement
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

Nebraska ; OSHA Region 7

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CIO:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Topic:

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

1-8
NIOSHTIC Number:

20027926
NTIS Accession Number:

PB2010-114189
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 00NE034, 2001 Jan; :1-8
Federal Fiscal Year:

2001
Performing Organization:

Nebraska Department of Labor
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

23 - Construction - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

1993/09/30
End Date:

2006/08/31
Resource Number:

FACE-00NE034
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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