Incident date: 2024-05-22
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was pulling the joint off a southbound lane and checking the depth. The employee was walking on the right side of the paver when a vehicle swerved into the closed lane and struck the employee, launched him into the air, where he struck a spreader. The employee sustained a contusion to the body, a right arm laceration, a fractured right tibia, and a right leg laceration. The driver of the vehicle was arrested for driving under the influence (DUI).

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in road work zone
code_source: title: Automobile
code_nature: title: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
code_body: title: Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
severity: moderate