OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221597826

CONCRETE GENERAL, INC.

WOODLAWN, MD— 2023-03-22T00:00:00

Event: Lost Control, Motor Vehicle, Struck Against, Struck By, Traffic Accident
NAICS: 237310
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346592579
Employer profile: CONCRETE GENERAL, INC.
Summary number: 221597826
Report ID: 0352470
Project type: B
Construction end-use: I

Event description

Six employees are killed in traffic accident

Investigation abstract

At 12:39 p.m. on March 22, 2023, six employees were located in the inner loop left shoulder of the road adjacent to lane 1. There were eight openings in the concrete barriers, spaced approximately 0.5 miles apart, and these were used for work zone access/egress and material delivery and pick-up. Two vehicles were traveling northbound in lanes 1 and 2 of the inner loop. The vehicle in lane 2 attempted to change lanes in front of the other vehicle and contacted the front passenger side of the vehicle in lane 1. Contact was made with the concrete barrier prior to the 3rd opening in the concrete barrier. Both vehicles reportedly traveled at speeds in excess of 120 miles per hour. The driver of the vehicle attempting to change lanes lost control, and the vehicle swerved through the opening of the concrete barrier wall and into the construction zone median shoulder construction zone of I-695, within the long-term temporary without contacting the fixed attenuator. The vehicle continued through the construction zone at a high rate of speed, striking and killing 5 Concrete General, Inc. employees and one KCI Technologies, Inc. employee. concrete barriers. Work tasks included converting portions of the existing median shoulder to a part-time travel lane. On the day of the accident, employees were planning and preparing to install trench drains. The inner loop of the I-695 Beltway consisted of the permanent concrete median, a left shoulder, four travel lanes, and a right shoulder. The posted speed limit was 55 mph. Temporary concrete barriers were placed along the center median side of I-695 for a span of approximately 5.2 miles, providing a work zone within the

Victims (5)

#1 Fatality Age 43 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
7004
#2 Fatality Age 53 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
554
#3 Fatality Age 32 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
554
#4 Fatality Age 52 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
567
#5 Fatality Age 46 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
7010

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