Fatality Narrative: Worker Struck by Vehicle When Exiting Trench in Roadway

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  On June 10, 2002, a construction foreman was struck and killed by a pickup truck while exiting an approximately 2½ foot deep trench in a roadway work zone where he had been installing a natural gas line connection. The 49-year-old member of the Plumber and Pipefitter's Union had been working with two others in the roadway. The work zone was on a busy city street and had warning signs and cones. The crew foreman was exiting the shallow trench in the roadway when a pickup truck plowed through the work zone striking him from behind and then struck another worker. The foreman died a short while later in a hospital. The other worker was hospitalized with head and facial injuries. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Automobiles
  • Construction Industry
  • Education
  • Engineering
  • Mortality
  • Occupational Health
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  More +
• Keywords:
  • Workers
  • Work environment
  • Construction
  • Construction workers
  • Trenches
  • Road construction
  • Motor vehicles
  • Drivers
  • Truck drivers
  • Engineering controls
  More +
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• 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
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052014
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 71-6-2003, 2003 Jan; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Fatality narrative: worker struck by vehicle when exiting trench in roadway
• End Date:
  20260630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228867/cdc_228867_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 14.76 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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