Dan Williams Company

An employee was on the back of a traffic control trailer deploying traffic control devices when he fell to the ground and struck his head.

A field mechanic was disconnecting a hose between a tanker truck and a reclaimer. Hot asphalt oil sprayed onto him from the hose, burning him.

The injured employee was standing in a hole with a pipe in it during road construction. The employee was unloading bags of concrete from an excavator bucket in preparation for pouring the concrete around the pipe in the hole. The excavator bucket was lowered onto the employee's left foot. The employee was hospitalized for a crushing injury to the left foot that required surgery.

An employee reached into a truck with his foot to press the clutch down and start the truck. When he took his foot off the clutch, the vehicle started to move in reverse and he fell to the ground. The truck then ran over the employee, causing a pelvic fracture.

An employee was working on a bridge site when he tripped on angle iron and fell onto rebar. He suffered an injury to the parotid gland on the right side of his face.

An employee was breaking down traffic control equipment on a county road. A car struck the employee, who suffered a right knee dislocation (with soft tissue involvement) and a lacerated left forearm, along with abrasions and other lacerations.

On November 10, 2023, an employee was flagging and directing temporary traffic controls on a natural gas line replacement project. The employee was struck by a motor vehicle and sustained multiple injuries including an internal tear to an artery, a shoulder injury, and a broken leg.

On November 9, 2023, an employee was picking up cones and equipment from the roadway in a work zone when they were struck by a motor vehicle. The employee sustained a fractured right leg.

A dump truck driver was standing inside a designated work zone while cleaning out the bed of the truck when they were struck by a car and sustained a traumatic brain injury and fractures.

An employee was in the road looking inside a manhole when they were struck by a box truck. The employee sustained injuries to his head, jaw, and pelvis that required hospitalization.

An employee's left bicep was lacerated by high-pressure water during water blasting operations. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was performing flagging operations on a closed road. A postal vehicle was allowed onto the road to make a delivery. The employee was struck by the postal vehicle as it was backing up, resulting in a broken leg.

An employee was walking and taking post-locate photos. He stepped on a ceramic drainage tile and his foot/leg punched through the tile. His leg was lacerated by the broken tile. The employee was hospitalized with internal bleeding due to a punctured femoral artery.

Employees were preparing to place a section of metal grating measuring approximately 50" x 18" and weighing 40 to 50 lbs. The injured employee grabbed the grating to pull it toward himself and another employee was moving to the other side to assist with the lift. As the injured employee pulled, his right foot slipped and twisted. He was hospitalized with a fractured right leg.

An employee was in their personal vehicle awaiting instructions from the construction contractor on posting traffic cones. The driver of a motor vehicle swerved to avoid a steel plate in the roadway and struck the employee's car. The employee was hospitalized with four fractured ribs.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.