ROBINSON PAVING COMPANY

An employee was in a coned-off work area on a street, performing a granular turf application. While he was standing between his spreader machine and a truck, loading the spreader with bags of fertilizer, a car drove by and struck the spreader. The employee was pinned between the spreader and the truck and suffered bruises, scratches, and cuts to his legs (particularly the left knee), arms (particularly the right elbow), and left shoulder. He was hospitalized.

A flagger was directing traffic flow in a highway work zone. They were standing approximately 1.5 feet behind the shoulder's demarcating line, next to and slightly behind a traffic drum. As they were directing traffic into and out of the driveway of a parking lot, a car attempted to get around a truck and struck the traffic drum, which subsequently struck the employee, who was thrown 15 feet and landed on top of concrete aggregate. The employee suffered pelvic and rib fractures, T10 and L3 vertebra fractures, and internal bleeding.

An employee was picking up a traffic closure when an 18-wheeler rear-ended the truck-mounted attenuator (TMA). The impact spun the TMA sideways and forward; it struck the employee before impacting the barrier wall. The employee sustained a concussion to the right side of the forehead and a fractured left femur.

An employee was installing material on a utility pole before setting the pole into the ground. A vehicle entered the work area and struck the pole. The utility pole struck the employee in the leg and they were hospitalized with a fractured leg.

A construction crew was working on a bore section that crossed under an interstate. One of them was crossing the interstate, and was in the center median next to a cable barrier, when a tire came off a trailer being hauled by a truck and struck his left side. He suffered fractures to his leg and left hip, as well as lacerations to his body and lower abdomen. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was stopping traffic at a job site so a piece of equipment could be moved to another location when he was struck by a car. It sent him in the air and he landed on his back, resulting in hospitalization with five fractured ribs, a fractured forearm, and a liver injury.

A truck of asphalt binder was being unloaded. An employee was checking the transfer hose connection on the truck. The gasket on the hose blew out, causing the asphalt binder to shoot out and burn the employee's face, neck, and arms.

A truck driver was on a platform, pulling a tarp on an asphalt load in a six-wheel dump truck. He fell from the platform to the ground and suffered broken ribs.

An employee was using a cutting torch to heat up bolts that had seized up. The bolts caught on fire in a flash burn, and the employee suffered burns to the arms and elbows.

On May 15, 2025, an employee was cutting down steel mesh and debris that was protruding from a milled roadway. As the employee began to cut a piece of steel with an angle grinder, he steadied himself with his left hand and the tool contacted the top of his left wrist, resulting in a laceration that required hospitalization.

An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.

A casting machine jammed. An employee's hand was caught in the machine, where a belt line caught and amputated the tip of his finger.

During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.

An employee slipped on condensation on a walkway in a parking garage. She fell and suffered a closed fracture to the neck of the left femur.

An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.