OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221719024

SUPERIOR TRAFFIC CONTROL, LLC

CLEVELAND, TN— 2024-10-31T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Highway, Highway Shoulder, Highway work zone, Struck Against, Struck By, Traffic Accident, Vehicle
NAICS: 238990
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347854119
Employer profile: SUPERIOR TRAFFIC CONTROL, LLC
Summary number: 221719024
Report ID: 0454713

Event description

Employee is struck by vehicle on highway shoulder and is kil

Investigation abstract

At 4:15 a.m. on October 31, 2024, Employee #1 was walking from the back of his work truck to enter the driver's seat. The truck was parked on the right shoulder of an interstate where a three-employee crew was removing traffic signs from the roadside. A semi-truck and trailer swerved onto the shoulder past the white line and struck Employee #1. He sustained fatal injuries as a result of the incident.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 42 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
7028

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