Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in road work zone · Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at P.T. FERRO CONSTRUCTION CO., US-6 & Terry Dr, JOLIET, ILLINOIS 60436
on — Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries, affecting the Head and extremities.
Final narrative
A flagger was run over by a vehicle that had driven past three barricades at a construction site. The flagger suffered a concussion and fractures to their foot and leg.
Hospitalized Head and extremities Roadway vehicle motorized, unspecified
An employee was assisting the crew with patching and restoring a roadway after the installation of a sewer line. He was helping place and level the blacktop/backfill material over the trench area to bring the road surface back to proper grade. The employee was walking between a forward-moving dump truck and a dirt pile when his right foot was run over by the truck s wheel, causing him to fall. The employee sustained injury to his foot.
An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.
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A crew was burning temporary tape during highway construction when a tractor trailer drove into the work crew, injuring three employees. One employee jumped from the roadway into a ditch, resulting in hospitalization with multiple fractures that include the right shoulder, pelvis, leg, ankle, and three vertebrae, as well as road rash, severe facial damage, a brain bleed, multiple cuts and bruises, and shock.
An employee was performing flagging duties for a work zone while standing on the shoulder of a two-lane road. The mirror of a passing pickup truck struck the employee, resulting in injuries to their head, neck, left shoulder, and left arm.
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