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Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program

 

Through the Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program, NIOSH conducts investigations of fatal occupational injuries. The primary intent of this program is to provide interested users with access to the full text of hundreds of fatality investigation reports.

State-based Case Reports: Highway Work Zones

The following reports are the products of our Cooperative State partners and are presented here in their original unedited form from the states. The findings and conclusions in each report are those of the individual Cooperative State partner and do not necessarily reflect the views or policy of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
 

Report No.

Incident State

Title

 
2007CA001 CA A laborer dies in a street work zone after being backed over by a dump truck
2004CA008 CA A construction laborer died when he was struck by a fast moving vehicle as he crossed the roadway in a street construction work zone
2002CA003 CA A construction worker jumps over a cement barrier onto an interstate highway transition road and is killed when struck by an oncoming vehicle
2001CA008 CA A construction surveyor is run over by a motor grader that was backing up
2001CA004 CA A traffic controller is killed when backed over by a dump truck
2000CA006 CA A construction flag person dies after being backed over by a truck
2000CA005 CA A construction inspector dies after being backed over by a ten-wheel asphalt dump truck
2000CA004 CA A highway worker dies when struck by a speeding vehicle while picking up cones on an interstate highway
1995CA011 CA Crane operator falls 30 feet from a crane while working from a freeway overpass in California
2001IA020 IA City street worker was struck and killed by a speeding car
1996IA055 IA Asphalt machine runs over and kills worker
2003KY030 KY Highway construction worker dies when struck by semi-tractor trailer
2002KY074 KY Asphalt compactor operator dies when machine slides and falls 17 feet
2006MA027 MA A municipal worker struck by a motor vehicle while patching a pothole - Massachusetts
2001MA039 MA Police officer dies after being backed over by a dump truck - Massachusetts
2000MA061 MA Police officer fatally injured when struck by a backing dump truck at a public roadway construction work zone - Massachusetts
2000MA054 MA Police officer killed when struck by motorist while directing traffic at roadway work zone
1995MA039 MA Construction laborer crushed by asphalt truck while paving interstate highway
1994MD063 MD Construction foreman crushed by excavator - Maryland
2006MI068 MI Surveyor dies when struck by oncoming vehicle
2003MI005 MI Worker dies as a result of being struck and pinned between two vehicles while repairing potholes
2002MI106 MI Highway worker killed by passenger vehicle while setting up highway work zone warning signal
2000MN030 MN Worker dies after being crushed between rock spreader and pneumatic roller in Minnesota
1999MN018 MN Electrician dies after falling from cherry picker basket
1998MN030 MN Worker dies after being run over by a front-end loader
1997MN047 MN Worker dies after being run over by a Caterpillar
1996MN092 MN Conveyor operator dies after being runover by a belly dump trailer
1995MN047 MN Construction worker dies after 9-wheel pneumatic roller rolls over on her
1994MN031 MN Highway construction worker dies after being struck while crossing roadway
1992MN019 MN Road paving crew member dies after being run over by a dump truck
1992MN014 MN Highway construction flagman dies after being struck by a pickup truck
1992MN007 MN Highway paving crew member dies after being run over by a rear end dump truck
1997MO096 MO Highway department supervisor falls from bluff in Missouri
1997MO037 MO Asphalt roller operator dies following rollover incident in Missouri
1996MO061 MO Special road district foreman struck by oil distributor truck
1996MO012 MO Highway department supervisor struck by reversing dump truck
1995MO057 MO County highway department worker crushed when dump trailer and truck tipped over
2005NE028 NE Hispanic carpenter killed when struck by piece of concrete that fell from rigging device during hoist in highway work zone
2004NE040 NE Hispanic laborer run over and killed by backing dump truck in roadway construction zone
2004NE007 NE Engineering technician run over and killed by backing dump truck
2000NE034 NE Construction zone worker hit by gravel truck in Nebraska
1999NE021 NE Member of road striping crew struck by semi
1994NE059 NE Asphalt roller crushes flagman
2005NJ090 NJ School crossing guard struck and killed by a sport utility vehicle
2003NJ070 NJ Highway worker struck and killed by an auto while filling potholes
2003NJ054 NJ Municipal road worker struck by a truck at a worksite
2001NJ098 NJ Jackhammer operator run over by a truck in a highway work zone
2001NJ020 NJ Truck driver killed in highway work zone collision
1993NJ090 NJ Road construction laborer dies after falling underneath the wheel of a front end loader
2005NY039 NY Three construction workers killed after being struck by a bus in a highway work zone
2004NY012 NY Flagger dies after being struck by a pickup truck in a highway work zone
2004OK025 OK A county employee died when he was crushed between two heavy equipment compaction vehicles
2004OK010 OK Hispanic heavy equipment operator was killed while jump-starting a pad-foot drum compactor
2003OK098 OK Hispanic laborer died after being struck by a vehicle in a roadway work zone
2003OK096 OK A concrete saw operator was killed when he was pinned between the boom and the rear of a backhoe
2003OK047 OK A road construction worker was killed when he was run over by an asphalt dump truck
1999OK088 OK A roller operator and a work crew foreman died when they were struck by a motorist in a highway work zone
2003OR032 OR Vehicle strikes utility worker in short-duration work zone
2000WA041 WA City worker killed when struck by a dump truck in Washington State
2000WA040 WA Lineman killed after being struck by a car in Washington State
1999WA070 WA Flagger killed when struck by a dump truck, during road construction, in Washington State
2000WI074 WI Construction laborer killed when run over by dump truck in highway work zone - Wisconsin
1992WI036 WI Road maintenance worker died 15 months after falling backwards off a dump truck onto pavement

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