Highway Construction Worker Dies When Struck By Semi-Tractor Trailer

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• Corporate Authors:
  Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE) ; University of Kentucky. College of Public Health. Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center
• Description:
  At approximately 8:30 am on April 16, 2003, a 48-year-old male (decedent) highway construction laborer working in an interstate highway median, died when he was struck by an out-of-control double trailer (a semi-truck pulling two trailers). The laborer was speaking with the job foreman and another laborer in the median next to a grading machine. As the decedent looked toward the traffic, he saw a double trailer traveling on the right-hand shoulder swerve into the left-hand lane and drive into the median where all three men were standing. He told the other two to get out of the way as he himself tried to do. The double trailer hit the victim, who died at the scene from multiple blunt force injuries. To prevent similar incidents in the future from occurring, the following recommendations have been made: 1. Positive barriers should be used in all interstate work areas during all phases of the job contract work periods to protect workers from vehicles in traffic lanes. 2. Speed limits in highway work zones should be reduced and enforced according to the type of work performed and temporary roadway surfaces being utilized. 3. Semi trailers should be equipped with an anti-lock braking system (ABS) and tractor trailer drivers should be given defensive driving courses with ABS system operation.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Occupational Health Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Author Keywords: Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Double Trailer Highway Work Zone Injuries Injury-prevention Interstate OSHA Region 4 Positive Barrier Road-construction Road-surfacing Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-practices Traumatic-injuries Truck-drivers Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Construction ; Highway Work Zones ; Motor Vehicles
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE03KY030
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  7 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026426
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2012-114009
• 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 03KY030, 2003 Mar ; :1-7
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Performing Organization:
  Kentucky Department of Health Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  23 - Construction - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1993/09/30
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e1b7834b146465848b2dc160b5af7bb6ec7e9c4f4fcc18392abb7c3423e8ccafc4dfd51deb12ce50ebf6e46d1a28be853e75325d13d009b07347629ae702ad56
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170157/cdc_170157_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 328.36 KB ]