Incident date: 2022-06-16
NAICS industry code: 237310

A flagger was standing inside a lane closure, acting as a spotter between two automated flagger stations. When the water for a drill head was turned on, a stream sprayed out and startled a passing driver, whose vehicle veered into the lane closure. The vehicle's mirror knocked the employee over and its rear tire ran over her leg. She suffered a forehead laceration and a compound fracture to the lower left leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone
code_source: title: Passenger vehicle, n.e.c
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate