OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221655061

SOUTHERN TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS, LLC

CHARLES TOWN, WV· 2024-04-04T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Driver, Driving, Flagger, Head, Highway, Highway work zone, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Road, Struck By, Torso, Traffic Accident, Traffic Control, Vehicle, Work zone
NAICS: 561990
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347392573
Employer profile: SOUTHERN TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS, LLC
Summary number: 221655061
Report ID: 0316400
Project type: E
Construction end-use: I

Event description

Employee dies of trauma after struck by POV during flagging

Investigation abstract

At 10:52 a.m. on April 4, 2024, an employee working as a laborer for a highway construction traffic control service was working as a flagger. The employee was standing in the west lane of a two-lane roadway flagging traffic traveling southbound on US Route 340. A midsize SUV privately owned vehicle (POV) traveling southbound on US Route 340 approached the work zone before swerving off the roadway to avoid a vehicle that was stopped in front of the employee. The POV struck the employee as a result. The employee died from head and other blunt trauma injuries associated with being struck by a vehicle.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 62 F

Event type
1

Occupation code
889

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