Vehicle strikes utility worker in short-duration work zone

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• Corporate Authors:
  Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE) ; Oregon Health & Science University. Oregon Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology (CROET)
• Description:
  On Oct. 3, 2003, a 57-year-old utility worker was killed when a vehicle entered his short-duration work zone and struck him. The worker was in the process of locating underground gas lines for construction work taking place on both sides of an active five lane suburban road. The worker parked his vehicle half on the sidewalk and half on the bike lane to avoid obstruction, and placed two orange safety cones behind the vehicle on the edge of the bike lane to warn motorists of the work zone. The worker was standing near the left rear of his vehicle using a locator device when struck. The 18-year-old motorist in the incident was reportedly using a cell phone when her vehicle drifted off the roadway. The victim was pronounced on scene by the medical examiner. Recommendations: 1. Analyze the work site including traffic patterns and plan the work zone, before you begin working. 2. Position work vehicle to create an obstacle to prevent oncoming traffic from hitting you. 3. Minimize exposure to moving traffic. 4. Drivers should not engage in activities that distract them from driving or hinder driving performance.
• Content Notes:
  Publication Date provided by FACE program
  
  not printed on the report
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Automobiles Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Drivers Injuries Injury-prevention Job-analysis Motor-vehicles Occupational-accidents Occupational-hazards OSHA Region 10 Safety-education Traumatic-injuries

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Highway Work Zones ; Motor Vehicles
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE03OR032
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Oregon ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20025928
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2006-113386
• 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 03OR032, 2003 Nov ; :1-4
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Performing Organization:
  Oregon Department of Human Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  11 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  2002/09/01
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6f4d9622be58c89209f134419079b493e60d7ea77a7b11400768a6c219c49f3b7a3c87d95a58bbed3553d1bd6a498c8be6a8e101f4bccab4010b31f6cb8945f7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170349/cdc_170349_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 156.11 KB ]