Accident: 120277280 - Killed By Intoxicated Driver

Employee #1, a regular employee of a general highway construction contractor, was working within a closed lane on the freeway. He was picking up red traffic cones while standing on a rack that was mounted on the rear of a 1995 Ford F350XL construction truck, company identification #12, California plate 5V76092. The truck was backing down the closed lane when a 1999 Ford F250 automobile, CA plate 5Z99717, driven by an intoxicated driver swerved into the closed lane and crashed into the rear of the construction truck. Employee #1 was pinned between the two vehicles and was killed. The accident was caused by the alcohol-impaired driver. No violation of OSHA standards was found.

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Accident: 170097836 - Flagman Killed When Struck By Car

At approximately 12:00 noon on February 22, 2000, Employee #1 was flagging eastbound traffic at milepost 84 on State Highway 12. He was struck by a 1996 Chevrolet Cavalier driven by a 73-year-old woman. Employee #1 suffered trauma to the head, neck, abdomen, and chest, and was killed.

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Accident: 170572168 - Killed When Struck By Tractor Trailer

Employee #1, a road patcher operator, was performing his normal job duties when his equipment was struck by an 18-wheeled tractor trailer. Employee #1 was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Accident: 170100911 - Dies In Tractor Trailer Accident

At approximately 2:45 p.m. on August 13, 1999, Employee #1, a driver, was heading southbound on 405. He was turning his tractor trailer west onto I-90 when he experienced a load shift, possibly the result of the vehicle being overweight. Employee #1 lost control of the truck and was killed. The vehicle, which was leased to the employer, had no known faults.

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Accident: 170040745 - Killed When Log Truck Overturns

Employee #1 was driving a log truck northbound on a highway when the truck left the road and went into a ditch on the southbound side of the highway. The truck traveled along the ditch until it overturned when Employee #1 tried to maneuver it back onto the road. The truck came to rest on its roof in the southbound lane of the highway. Employee #1 suffered multiple injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Accident: 170100226 - Killed When Struck By Car

Employee #1 was towing a rental car and became aware that it was hooked up incorrectly. He pulled off the road to correct the problem when the car started rolling into the traffic. It was struck by an oncoming van and the car spun around, striking Employee #1. He was killed.

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Accident: 170046742 - Injured In Truck Crash, Later Dies

At 8:00 a.m. on March 30, 1999, Employee #1 was driving westbound on Route 8 from Olympia, WA, en route to a customer. A light dusting of snow covered the road. At milepost 11, Employee #1's vehicle was seen leaving the road and crashing into some trees. He suffered hip, leg, and facial fractures, and internal bleeding. Employee #1 was transported to Harborview Hospital, where he died on April 13, 1999.

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Accident: 170357206 - Flagger Killed When Struck By Car

On March 24, 1999, Employee #1, was working for the County Public Works Department as part of a temporary training program. He was flagging for a public works maintenance crew doing shoulder grading and backfilling when he was struck by a car and killed. There was proper signage and advance warning before the work crew.

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Accident: 1004555 - Injured When Struck By Truck, Later Dies

At 7:45 a.m. on July 24, 1998, Employee #1 was working at a roadway construction project when he stepped into the path of an oncoming 18-wheel vehicle. He sustained two broken legs, one broken arm, a fractured skull, and a large laceration to the back of his head. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he died two days later.

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Accident: 170006746 - Killed In Truck Accident

At approximately 10:45 a.m., Employee #1 was driving a semi-truck when the vehicle swerved onto the median and overturned. Employee #1 was killed by impact injuries to his chest. He had not been using a seat belt.

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Accident: 700500 - Killed When Struck By Backing Dump Truck

Employee #1, a flagger, had just completed controlling the traffic flow in the northbound lane of a divided highway so a pavement milling machine could move to the southbound side. She proceeded across the median into the southbound portion of the highway construction area, walking north toward the milling machine. A dump truck backing up to the milling machine struck her from behind; Employee #1 was killed. Reportedly, the back-up alarm on the dump truck was clearly audible above the noise of the construction area.

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Accident: 170040406 - Working On Highway Killed By Vehicle

#1 part of a crew planting shrubs along a noise berm on Interstate 205. A vehicle apparently went out of control and struck #1 while he was approximately 30 ft off the roadway. He was killed instantly. Warning signs were in place on the road, but as the work crew progressed northward, they had gotten well ahead of the signs. It is possible that some oncoming traffic was unaware of the work ahead.

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Accident: 170576326 - Killed When Struck By Tractor Truck

Employee #1, age 18, was welding steel rebar inside an 8 to 9 in. punch out (hole) while repairing sections of the right lane of Interstate 20 near Brandon, MS. An 18-wheeled tractor trailer ran off into one of a series of punch outs. The vehicle drove through three of these holes before it struck Employee #1. The truck dragged him as it went off the left side of the highway into the median, where it ignited and burned. Employee #1 was killed. His body was later recovered from the front of the truck's undercarriage.

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Accident: 170004022 - Two Killed In Highway Traffic Accident

Employees #1 and #2 and a coworker were in a 1996 Ford Explorer, traveling eastbound on Highway 2, at or near the posted speed limit. The driver lost control and the vehicle began sliding on the icy road. It crossed over into the westbound lanes and was broadsided on the passenger side by a Dodge truck. Employee #1 was wearing a seatbelt, but was ejected out the rear of the vehicle and was killed. Employee #2 was riding in the front passenger seat and was partially ejected. He was transported to Harborview Medical Center, where he later died.

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Accident: 767798 - One Killed, One Injured When Struck By Car

At approximately 8:45 a.m. on October 21, 1997, Employees #1 and #2 and coworkers were shoveling and removing dirt from both sides of a guardrail along Interstate 35 in Dallas, TX. An automobile swerved out of the extreme right lane of southbound traffic, striking Employees #1 and #2, who were on the highway side of the guardrail. Employee #1 was killed, and Employee #2 was hospitalized with severe injuries. The employees had placed only five traffic cones along the extreme side of the right southbound lane, and construction traffic signs were not posted for the shoulder work that was being conducted.

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