Incident date: 2016-07-14
NAICS industry code: 561990

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.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle propelled by another vehicle in work zone
code_source: title: Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate