Fatal Facts: Construction Worker Struck and Killed by Car

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  A 55-year-old excavator operator was killed after being struck by a car. He was struck while standing in a two-lane state highway acting as a spotter so that the driver of a dump truck could back out of a driveway onto the roadway. The construction work crew, including the victim, a dump truck driver, and a laborer, had just cleared a small mudslide blocking a ditch at the side of the road. At 9:30 A.M. the driver of the dump truck was ready to back his vehicle, with a backhoe on a trailer, out of a driveway onto the highway. The victim, attempting to direct traffic and spot the driver of the dump truck, stepped onto the highway and was struck by an automobile. He was wearing dark pants, a dark shirt, and no high visibility garments. The driver of the automobile did not see him. He was airlifted to a medical center were he died a short time later. There were no temporary signs posted along the shoulder of the road that would have warned motorists of wokers ahead. Prior to the incident, the laborer had been standing on the shoulder of the road holding a paddle with "slow" written on it. At the time of the incident she was not performing these duties. The posted speed on the highway was 35 mph. The State Patrol estimated that the automobile that struck the victim was traveling at 38 mph. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Metals
  • Mining
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
• Keywords:
  • Motor vehicles
  • Construction
  • Construction equipment
  • Construction workers
  • Workers
  • Work areas
  • Accidents
  • Injuries
  • Traumatic injuries
  • Visual aids
  More +
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20051361
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 47-3-2002, 2002 Nov; :1-3
• Contact Point Address:
  SHARP Program, Washington Department of Labor & Industries, PO Box 44330, Olympia, WA 98504-4330
• Email:
  SHARP@Lni.wa.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19970701
• Source Full Name:
  Fatal facts: construction worker struck and killed by car
• End Date:
  20060831
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228711/cdc_228711_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 209.76 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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