Incident date: 2023-12-16
NAICS industry code: 238320

An employee was standing on the street holding a stop/slow paddle and directing the flow of traffic. As they were holding the stop sign, a vehicle attempted to drive around the employee but struck them. The employee sustained fractures to the tibia and fibula and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone
code_source: title: Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate