OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221657174

156379 - BARNHILL CONTRACTING COMPANY

WILMINGTON, NC· 2024-04-11T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Construction, Driver, Driving, Flagger, Flagman, Highway, Highway work zone, Lost Control, Motor Vehicle, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Struck By, Traffic Accident, Traffic Control
NAICS: 237310
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347410128
Employer profile: 156379 - BARNHILL CONTRACTING COMPANY
Summary number: 221657174
Report ID: 0453710

Event description

Employee is killed when struck by car in highway work zone

Investigation abstract

At 9:17 a.m. on April 11, 2024, an employee working on a paving crew for a roads and bridges contractor was conducting flagging in a highway work zone. The work zone had been properly marked before flagging began. A driver entered the work zone driving a vehicle erratically and struck the employee. The employee was pronounced dead at the scene.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 53 F

Event type
1

Occupation code
999

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