Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-08 | Providence | Ri | Skanska/Manafort JV | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites |
On November 8, 2021, a wasp stung an employee while she was flagging traffic. She suffered an allergic reaction and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-09-20 | Arcadia | Fl | EcoSouth Services, LLC | Ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
While directing landfill traffic, an employee's feet were run over by a semi trailer. The employee's left ankle was fractured. | |||||
2021-08-27 | Punta Gorda | Fl | V & H CONSTRUCTION, INC. | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
An employee was walking next to a vehicle laying traffic cones when the vehicle ran over his right foot, resulting in broken bones. | |||||
2021-07-06 | Rosenberg | Tx | J&B Communications | Arm(s) | Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. |
On July 6, 2021, an employee was crossing a road, holding a 1/4-inch telecommunications strand cable with his left arm. A truck sped through the traffic stop, and the cable became tangled in its rear tires. The cable amputated the employee's left arm. | |||||
2021-06-22 | Brush | Co | AWP, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Roadway collision with other vehicle |
An employee was in a traffic attenuator truck protecting the crew who were putting sign covers on the advance warning signs when a vehicle ran into the back of the truck, resulting in injuries that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-04-08 | Miami | Fl | Kendall Car Wash, Inc. | Brain | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was about to move a vehicle that was exiting the car wash for drying and detailing. When the vehicle was started, it raced forward, crossing the property and then six lanes of traffic, and crashed into a structure across the street. The employee suffered a head injury and concussion when the air bags deployed. | |||||
2021-03-07 | Thomson | Ga | DM Conlon, Inc. | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
An employee was operating a motorized walk-behind wire wheel brush inside a road work barricade. A car from live traffic entered the area and hit the employee, breaking the employee's leg. The employee was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
2021-03-03 | Yaphank | Ny | Asplundh Construction, LLC | Ankle(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
While flagging traffic, an employee was struck by a falling utility pole. The employee suffered a broken ankle. | |||||
2021-02-24 | Jacksonville | Il | White Construction, LLC | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
On February 24, 2021, an employee had just unhooked a tow strap. The employee was laying on the ground, attempting to re-insert a pin into the front of a haul truck. The truck was at an intersection that had a flagger signaling the public traffic. The flagger motioned to the public traffic and the haul truck moved forward and struck the employee that was working under the truck. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis, a detached femur, and internal injuries. | |||||
2021-02-19 | Grove City | Oh | Charter Communications LLC | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was preparing to leave a job site and was picking up traffic cones when he slipped on black ice and fell to the ground, resulting in a broken ankle. | |||||
2021-01-25 | Lake Charles | La | Command Construction LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was connecting two concrete traffic barriers. As he was placing the securing pin between the two barrier pieces, one barrier shifted, pinching his hand between the two barriers. The employee sustained an amputation to the left middle fingertip. | |||||
2020-10-18 | Kansas City | Ks | Superior Bowen | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
An employee was operating a piece of asphalt milling equipment on a highway. The mill struck a vehicle in a live lane of traffic and the employee suffered whiplash and contusions. | |||||
2020-10-04 | Weslaco | Tx | Dept. of Homeland Security, Border and Protection Svcs. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
On October 4, 2020, a WSL agent had been working traffic earlier in the day and experienced abdominal cramping. The employee was hospitalized with a heat-related illness and dehydration. | |||||
2020-09-23 | Hattiesburg | Ms | Hixson Lumber Sales Of MS Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was directing traffic and was struck by a forward-moving forklift that was carrying three bundles of lumber. The employee's left lower leg was amputated. | |||||
2020-09-23 | Idaho Falls | Id | Idaho Traffic Safety, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
A vehicle traveling through a work zone struck a traffic control worker. The employee's right leg was fractured in three places. The employee also sustained a fractured pelvis and a possible left leg fracture. | |||||
2020-09-17 | Batavia | Oh | LJ Traffic Control, LLC | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
An employee was flagging traffic when an SUV struck the employee. The employee suffered nerve damage in the lower back and down the leg as well as a hyperextended medial collateral ligament. | |||||
2020-09-16 | Tukwila | Wa | U.S. Postal Service | Elbow(s) and arms(s) | Roadway collision with other vehicle |
A construction forklift leaving the construction area with the forks elevated approximately six feet above the ground, turned toward traffic, and struck a postal vehicle and the driver with the forks. The postal carrier sustained a broken arm and elbow. | |||||
2020-09-03 | South Bay | Fl | Treviicos South Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Bites and stings |
An employee was placing traffic cones at a construction site and was stung by an insect. The employee suffered an allergic reaction. | |||||
2020-08-18 | Pottsboro | Tx | Jagoe Public Co. | Ankle(s) | Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. |
An employee was riding on a trailer inside a closed traffic lane, picking up traffic cones. His foot slipped off, hit the pavement directly in front of the trailer tire, and was run over. He suffered a broken ankle. | |||||
2020-08-13 | Pinellas Park | Fl | LFI Ft. Pierce, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
A temporary employee passed out while flagging traffic at a road construction project. He sustained a heat related illness. | |||||
2020-08-10 | Washington | Dc | Pepco Holding | Brain | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
An employee was punched in the head while stopped at a traffic light. The employee lost consciousness. | |||||
2020-08-07 | Houston | Tx | Pulice Construction, Inc. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
A work crew was moving concrete barriers along a traffic lane using an excavator with a barrier lifter. The excavator's boom contacted a 19.9-kilovolt overhead power line, and an employee was shocked. The employee suffered burns to the right hand and right foot. | |||||
2020-07-27 | Lakeland | Florida | HIGH TOWER ROOFING & CONTRACTING, LLC | Brain | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was performing repairs on a 15-foot high roof when he fell off, hitting his head on a traffic arm box while falling to the ground. He sustained a head injury. | |||||
2020-07-17 | Colorado Springs | Colorado | Work Zone Traffic Control Inc | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
An employee was flagging traffic when a vehicle veered into the work zone and struck the employee. The injured employee sustained a torn aorta and fractures to the hip, arm, and hand. | |||||
2020-06-24 | Logan | Ohio | Shelly and Sands | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
An employee was working as a flagger on a highway project. While directing northbound traffic, he was struck by a motorist heading northbound. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-06-19 | Scott Air Force Base | Illinois | DH Pace Company, Inc., dba Overhead Door Company of St. Louis | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was servicing a traffic arresting barrier gate that was equipped with a retractable bollard. The bollard is moved into the up position by use of a pump and hydraulic pressure. The bollard moves into the down position by gravity as a solenoid is triggered to open a valve to relieve hydraulic pressure. When the gate is closed, the bollard is in the up position. When the gate is triggered to be opened, the bollard retracts below the road surface and then the gate slides open. There was | |||||
2020-06-13 | Kaukauna | Wisconsin | Valley Management | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
On June 13, 2020, an employee was conducting touch-up paint work on traffic arrows on the asphalt parking lot. The employee had set up cones around the work area. The employee was struck by a customer's vehicle resulting in crushing injuries to the lower left leg. | |||||
2020-06-12 | Woodstock | Alabama | Chilton Contractors Inc | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone |
An employee flagging traffic was hit by a vehicle's passenger side fender and side mirror. The employee sustained contusions. | |||||
2020-05-13 | Garwood | Texas | Strike, LLC | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by vehicle propelled by another vehicle in work zone |
An employee was flagging traffic as part of an equipment road crossing effort. The employee had successfully stopped the first vehicle when a second vehicle approached the traffic control scene behind the first. The second vehicle suddenly swerved to the right, contacted the first vehicle, and then struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized with broken legs and a broken back. | |||||
2020-05-03 | Marietta | Georgia | C.W. Matthews Contracting Company, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, roadway |
An employee was loading traffic control barrels into the bed of a truck. The truck moved and the employee lost his balance and fell to the highway asphalt, breaking his wrist. | |||||
2020-04-08 | Fitchburg | Wisconsin | Highway Light and Landscaping, Inc. | Arm(s) | Roadway collision-moving and standing vehicle in roadway |
An employee was working out of a lineman truck bucket about 18 feet over a coned-off lane, installing traffic light mounts on an under-bridge deck. A semi tractor trailer swung wide and hit the bottom corner of the lineman truck bucket. The impact pinched the employee's arm between the bucket and bridge, breaking the arm. | |||||
2020-03-11 | Washington | District Of | Capitol Paving of DC Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone |
While picking up traffic cones, an employee was struck by a vehicle mirror. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-03-05 | Leander | Texas | Angel Brothers Enterprises, LTD. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
Employees were trying to move a roadside traffic arrow sign onto a lowboy trailer. One employee's finger was pinched between the sign's hitch and the trailer frame. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the left middle fingertip. | |||||
2020-01-27 | Fort Worth | Texas | HC Beck | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Pedestrian struck by vehicle on side of road |
A traffic control flagger was struck by a truck while standing on the curb, suffering bruised ribs. | |||||
2020-01-15 | Zavalla | Texas | AWP, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
An employee was setting up a lane closure. A Truck Mounted Attenuator (TMA) was stationed in the roadway with the crash cushion in the downward position. The arrow board was mounted on the TMA in the upward position with the arrow activated instructing the traffic to move over. The pilot vehicle with a trailer attached was approximately 102 feet in front of the TMA. The employee was between the pilot vehicle and the TMA, standing on the berm of the road with one foot on the berm and one foot on | |||||
2019-09-23 | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Riekes Equipment Company | Leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment rolling freely |
An employee was driving a trailer truck when it lost a tire. The employee left the vehicle and was trying to stop the tire from rolling into oncoming traffic when his right foot got caught in its rim. He fell on his left knee, suffering a fracture to the left leg. | |||||
2019-09-23 | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | RCC Traffic | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone |
An employee was struck by a motor vehicle while flagging traffic. The employee suffered a broken leg. | |||||
2019-09-16 | Del Rio | Texas | US Border Patrol - Del Rio | Thigh(s) | Animal transportation collision in nonroadway area |
On 9/16/2019, at approximately 0945 hours, a border patrol agent was on a horse working traffic when the agent spotted a group running. The agent was riding to the area when the horse started bucking. The agent was attempting to gain control of the horse as it headed straight for a fence and into a metal H-brace. The agent's right leg struck the H-brace, suffering a broken femur. | |||||
2019-09-09 | Matlacha | Florida | AWP, Inc. | Brain | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
An employee was directing traffic in a work zone when he was struck by a car. He was hospitalized with a head injury. | |||||
2019-08-26 | Ashland | Wisconsin | MATHY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY | Multiple pelvic region locations | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
On August 26, 2019, an employee was struck by a vehicle while flagging traffic, suffering a broken pelvis and broken ribs. | |||||
2019-08-21 | Boise | Idaho | Pacific Hide & Fur Depot, Inc | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was run over by a semi-truck while directing traffic in the recycle yard, suffering full-body, right-side injuries. | |||||
2019-08-12 | Fort Stewart | Georgia | U.S. Dept of Defense | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs |
An employee was removing a student from oncoming traffic when she broke her left ankle on a cement curb. | |||||
2019-08-01 | Newark | New Jersey | Port Newark Container Terminal | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Pedestrian vehicular incident |
An employee was struck by a truck's rear wheel while directing traffic. The employee suffered a broken shoulder and severe abrasion to the back and neck. | |||||
2019-07-19 | Watseka | Illinois | Iriquois Paving Corporation | Wrist(s) | Overexertion in holding, carrying, or wielding-single episode |
An employee was relocating traffic control signs when a gust of wind blew the sign the employee was holding causing injury to the left wrist. | |||||
2019-07-17 | Stevens Point | Wisconsin | American Asphalt of Wisconsin, A Division of Mathy Construction | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
After working from 6 AM to 7 PM as a flagger for an asphalt crew, coordinating traffic around an area that was being repaved, the employee became ill and required hospitalization for dehydration. | |||||
2019-06-12 | Dallas | Texas | Niagra Bottling LLC | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was pulling a pallet jack when he entered a lane of traffic and was struck by a pallet on a forklift. He suffered a dislocated ankle, fractured fibula, and fractured tibia. | |||||
2019-04-26 | Burnham | Illinois | SCRAP METAL SERVICES, LLC | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was directing traffic and was struck from behind in the legs by an I-beam that was knocked over by a crane. Both of the employee's legs were fractured. | |||||
2019-04-09 | Sullivan | Ohio | VAUGHN INDUSTRIES, INC. | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone |
An employee was in a work zone flagging traffic. An automobile entered the work zone and struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a head injury and a broken leg. | |||||
2019-03-13 | Washington | District Of | Pessoa Construction Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet |
While moving a traffic barrel/drum, an employee fell into an open manhole. His left tibia was broken in the 2-foot fall. | |||||
2019-02-02 | Tulsa | Oklahoma | Advanced Workzone Services, LLC | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
An employee was struck by a motorist while installing a temporary traffic control pre-warning sign. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis and a ruptured bladder. | |||||
2018-09-20 | Bradley | Illinois | GALLAGHER ASPHALT CO. INC. | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
While setting up temporary traffic control, an employee was struck by a distracted driver in a work zone, suffering facial, skull, rib, and clavicle fractures. | |||||
2018-09-11 | Saint Joseph | Missouri | IDEKER INC. | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
An employee was crossing the street while a crew was paving a section of road. He was within the work zone when he was struck by another passing car that was in the wrong temporary lane of traffic. He flew over the car and landed on the ground behind it. He was hospitalized with a broken ankle, two fractured/chipped vertebrae, minor cuts to his head, loss of skin from the back of one hand, and a small brain bleed. | |||||
2018-07-20 | Ecru | Mississippi | ASHLEY FURNITURE INDUSTRIES | Lower leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was driving an order picker by a parked pallet that had a portion of rail protruding into the lane of traffic. The employee did not see the protruding rail, which contacted the picking plate area of his order picker, causing the rail to swing around and strike his calf. | |||||
2018-06-19 | Dublin | Georgia | Wall Asphalt Services, Inc. | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
A flagger was directing vehicular traffic when the traffic light turned green and a vehicle (minivan) proceeded through the intersection and struck the flagger. The flagger sustained a broken right leg and a broken left ankle. | |||||
2018-06-19 | Stroudsburg | Pennsylvania | Weis Markets Inc. | Face | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over a traffic cone and fell, striking her face on the pavement and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-05-18 | Chester | Pennsylvania | Health Access Network | Face | Shooting by other person-intentional |
An employee was on her way back to the office from a training when she was shot in the face during a traffic incident. | |||||
2018-04-14 | Trenton | Missouri | MFA Inc | Forearm(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, roadway |
An employee was driving a fertilizer tender truck and moving over to accommodate traffic when the truck rolled over. The employee suffered lower arm avulsions. | |||||
2018-03-27 | Sewell | New Jersey | Pioneer Pipe Contractors, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
An employee was removing reflective orange traffic cones from an eight-lane roadway when he was struck by a vehicle, suffering a broken right leg, broken orbital bone, and facial lacerations. | |||||
2018-03-05 | Sunrise | Florida | Atlantic Southern and SealCoating, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was applying grease to the sprocket of a traffic roller when his right ring fingertip was caught and amputated in the chain of the sprocket. | |||||
2018-02-06 | Duncanville | Texas | Longhorn Sign Company, LLC. | Brain | Pedestrian vehicular incident |
An employee was struck by a moving vehicle while setting up a traffic control plan to install a sign. The employee suffered a head injury. | |||||
2018-01-08 | Dille | West Virgini | Penn Line Corporation | Head, neck, and trunk | Struck by object or equipment rolling freely |
On January 8, 2018, at approximately 3:00 p.m., an employee was flagging traffic on a two-lane road. A log truck, pulling a trailer with logs, was directed through the work zone. The trailer's outside tires dropped off the pavement, causing the trailer to tip. As the trailer tipped over, the straps holding the logs broke. The employee, standing approximately 20 feet away, began running and was struck by the rolling logs, suffering multiple fractures to the face, hip, pelvis, neck, and back. The | |||||
2017-10-10 | Groveland | Florida | Labor Finders of Orlando | Upper and lower limb(s) | Pedestrian vehicular incident |
An employee was struck by a bus while directing traffic, fracturing the left leg and collarbone and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-10-09 | New Town | North Dakota | SM Fencing & Energy Services, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Jack-knifed or overturned, roadway |
An employee was operating a telehandler on a county road and moved to the shoulder to avoid oncoming traffic. The shoulder gave out and the telehandler tipped on its side into the ditch. The employee sustained two broken ribs and was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-08-08 | Orlando | Florida | Brightview Landscape Services | Tooth (teeth) | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment |
An employee was trimming a tree canopy using a polecat aerial that was parked in a median. The traffic lane underneath was not active, but at some point the polecat overturned in the roadway. The employee hit the pavement and the aerial basket, breaking his femur, dislocating his shoulder, losing two teeth, and lacerating his chin. | |||||
2017-08-03 | Slatersville | Rhode Island | Silgan Dispensing Systems Slatersville, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was pushing a box of plastic caps through the traffic arm on a conveyor system, which opened to allow the box to pass. The employee had his other hand resting on top of the hinged component of the traffic arm and as the arm moved, it pinched and amputated his finger. The traffic arm was unguarded at the time. | |||||
2017-08-01 | Stoughton | Wisconsin | Mega Rentals, Inc. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Vehicle struck object or animal on side of roadway |
An employee was operating a vehicle to move traffic control drums from a closed lane to the shoulder. She was traveling 5 to 10 miles per hour when she crashed into the road's barrier wall, striking her knee on the plastic and metal underneath her vehicle's steering column. She suffered a knee laceration, fractured ribs, and a liver laceration, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2017-07-24 | Guntersville | Alabama | Whitaker Contracting Corp | Pelvis | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in work zone |
While moving traffic cones, an employee was struck by a road sweeping vehicle that was operating in reverse. The employee suffered a fractured left pelvis. | |||||
2017-07-20 | Honesdale | Pennsylvania | UGI Utilities, Inc. | Multiple pelvic region locations | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was standing near a roadway when a passing tractor trailer struck an overhead line, causing a temporary traffic light to fall and strike the employee. The employee suffered a fractured pelvis/hip. | |||||
2017-07-18 | North Royalton | Ohio | The Davey Tree Expert Company | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone |
An employee was moving a traffic cone when a truck ran over his foot, fracturing it and requiring surgery. | |||||
2017-07-12 | Maite | Guam | California Pacific Technical Services | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
An employee was moving and rearranging traffic cones on the shoulder of the road when a car struck him from behind. He was hospitalized for a possible fracture to his lower leg, lacerations to his right cheek and right lower lip, and abrasions around his face and arms. | |||||
2017-07-05 | Labelle | Florida | TRAFFIC CONTROL PRODUCTS OF FLORIDA, INC. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
An employee was flagging traffic when a car went around the shoulder of the road and hit the employee. The employee suffered a fractured collarbone, broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a broken arm. | |||||
2017-06-30 | Southaven | Mississippi | Associated Wholesale Grocers | Ankle(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
An employee was traveling inside a warehouse with a loaded forklift when he entered a cross-traffic intersection and struck another forklift. He stuck his foot out to brace himself. His foot was then caught between the forklifts, breaking his ankle. | |||||
2017-05-23 | Galena Park | Texas | Kinder Morgan | Foot (feet) | Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c. |
An employee was part of a team preparing to unload parts from a truck using a crane. The employee was removing traffic cones from the storage area on the crane when the crane operator lowered the outriggers and struck the employee's left foot, breaking five bones. | |||||
2017-05-18 | Affton | Missouri | L.F. KRUPP CONSTRUCTION INC. | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
An employee was struck by a motorist while flagging oncoming traffic in a work zone, suffering severe head and body trauma that required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2017-05-08 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Frank B. Fuhrer Holdings, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was walking in an aisle near a four-way intersection in a warehouse. While he was searching for product on the industrial storage racks, he stepped backward and into forklift traffic (four-way intersection). An electric-powered sit-down forklift ran over and fractured his left foot, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-04-07 | Brooklyn | New York | STEVEN DUBNER LANDSCAPING, INC | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was walking alongside a forklift and providing traffic control when he tripped and fell, and the forklift ran over his foot. | |||||
2017-03-07 | Winter Haven | Florida | Merlin Entertainments Group Florida LLC | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was walking backwards, tripped over a traffic cone in the parking lot, and fell fracturing the left wrist. | |||||
2017-03-01 | Cotulla | Texas | Texas Electronic Systems Specialists, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Struck bump, hole, rough terrain on driving surface, nonroadway |
An employee drove a high lift single operator cherry picker from the roadway onto the soft earth of a drainage ditch to avoid oncoming traffic. The uneven surface caused the employee to be thrown around the basket. The employee was wearing a safety harness and was not ejected, but received a severe laceration on his lower leg from contact with the basket guardrails. | |||||
2017-02-24 | Montebello | California | U.S. Postal Service - Montebello | Brain | Fall on same level |
An employee was pushing a vehicle that had broken down into a parking space and out of traffic. The employee fell and hit his head. | |||||
2017-01-21 | Fort Myers | Florida | Crannie Signs, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Roadway collision-moving and standing vehicle on side of roadway |
An employee was replacing sign panels on metal arches over a terminal access road overpass on a parkway. He was working from a boom lift parked at the median while the inside lanes were open to traffic in both directions and the outside lanes and shoulders were closed. An automobile truck carrier struck his boom lift, ejecting him from the basket. His harness/lanyard pulled him back, and he bounced off the basket and landed on the pavement below. He sustained a fractured femur, nine broken ribs, | |||||
2017-01-11 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | C.M. High Inc. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode |
An employee was loosening rusty bolts on a traffic light and aggravated an existing hernia. The employee was hospitalized for surgery to repair the hernia. | |||||
2016-10-17 | Richwood | Ohio | NELSON TREE SERVICE, INC. | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
An employee was standing to the side of the road flagging traffic when a vehicle veered off the road and struck him, fracturing his tibia and ribs. | |||||
2016-10-15 | New York | New York | Hellman Electric Corporation | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in work zone |
An employee was watching for oncoming traffic while a fellow worker was installing wiring on a light pole. The employee was struck by a motor vehicle that was driving illegally in reverse down a one way street in the wrong direction. The employee sustained a sprained right ankle, contusions to the left hip, thigh and forearm and lacerations to the left side of the face. | |||||
2016-10-04 | Bishop | Texas | Berry Contracting L.P | Upper and lower limb(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone |
The employee was aligning the traffic control barrels when a vehicle struck the employee. The employee sustained a broken leg, arm and a dislocated ankle. | |||||
2016-09-14 | York | Pennsylvania | Michels Corporation | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was directing traffic standing next to a slacked cable when a vehicle passing by caught the cable, which hit and threw the employee to the ground. The employee suffered right knee and left hip injuries. | |||||
2016-09-12 | Hattiesburg | Mississippi | LFI, Ft. Pierce, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee became overheated and suffered from heat exhaustion while flagging traffic. | |||||
2016-09-07 | Orlando | Florida | Robert Deck, Inc | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone |
An employee was flagging traffic when he was struck by a vehicle. He suffered cuts to his head, fractured vertebra in his neck, a broken collarbone, and a broken left leg. | |||||
2016-08-18 | Castle Rock | Colorado | WS Barricade | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee flagging traffic was overcome by dehydration and lost consciousness. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-08-04 | North Glenn | Colorado | Asphalt Specialties Co., Inc. | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
An employee was flagging for traffic control when a tandem dump truck struck her and ran over both of her feet. Her left foot was fractured and bruised. | |||||
2016-07-27 | Miami | Florida | Net Construction, Inc. | Head and trunk | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was directing traffic near an area where a structure was being stripped. The employee entered a control zone and was struck by an aluminum beam that fell from that structure, suffering head, face, and chest injuries that required hospitalization. | |||||
2016-07-15 | New Tripoli | Pennsylvania | Reading Site Contractors | Multiple trunk locations | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
An employee was flagging traffic for a construction site and was struck from behind by a truck exiting the road. The employee suffered two fractured ribs and two fractured vertebrae. | |||||
2016-07-14 | Jamestown | Pennsylvania | Fenix Group, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by vehicle propelled by another vehicle in work zone |
Two company employees were in charge of traffic control/flagging operations on both ends of a street paving operation. One of the employees stopped vehicle #1 in the oncoming lane. Vehicle #2 then rear-ended vehicle #1, which in turn struck the employee. The employee was thrown approximately 30 feet and was hospitalized to receive head and elbow stitches. | |||||
2016-07-06 | North Fort Myers | Florida | ASPLUNDH TREE EXPERT CO. | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
An employee was flagging traffic on the west side of a jobsite on the east-bound lane. He was standing behind the cones in the lane ahead of the trucks that had flashers on. The other flagger had just changed from the "slow" to the "stop" position for traffic to let cars pass from west toward the east. As the employee released from "stop" to "slow" for traffic going east, a car struck him. He suffered two fractures to his lower legs, a broken clavicle, broken ribs on his right side. and an abra | |||||
2016-07-01 | Boulevard | California | U.S. Customs & Border Protection - Boulevard Station | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
An employee was operating an ATV near railroad tracks, looking for signs of foot traffic, when the ATV hit a rock and threw the employee. He was hospitalized with a suspected fractured clavicle. | |||||
2016-06-10 | Mount Enterprise | Texas | B & E Construction Inc | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway |
An employee was struck by a vehicle while picking up a traffic control flag from the middle of the street, suffering multiple bodily injuries. | |||||
2016-05-31 | Perrysburg | Ohio | Belmont Country Club | Leg(s) | Roadway collision-moving perpendicularly |
On or about May 31, 2016, two employees were crossing the road in a golf cart when they were struck by a van in oncoming traffic. Both employees were admitted to the hospital. | |||||
2016-05-19 | Denver | Colorado | Keene Concrete, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone |
On May 19, 2016, at approximately 3:30 pm, an employee was working as a flagger assigned to handling traffic control in a street renovation/construction work zone and was struck by a vehicle. The employee suffered a fractured ankle and was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-05-13 | Merritt Island | Florida | Asplundh Tree Expert Co. | Brain | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
An employee was flagging traffic in a work zone behind a line of cones when a driver drove straight into the employee, bruising the employee's right leg and causing a concussion. | |||||
2016-05-13 | Kingston | New York | Ethan Allen Personnel Group, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in work zone |
An employee was flagging traffic at a road construction when an excavator backed over and crushed his lower left leg. He suffered severe lower leg fractures, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2016-05-12 | Cuthbert | Georgia | Oxford Construction, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
An employee was stopping traffic as a flagger. A truck failed to slow down or stop, crashing and skidding off a stopped car. The employee saw the collision coming, attempted to run to safety, and was struck by the truck, suffering a broken hip and shoulder. |