Hellman Electric Corporation

A temporary employee was setting up a roadway construction zone. They were dropping cones from the back of a pickup truck. One of the cones fell and the employee exited the pickup truck to straighten the cone. The pickup truck then backed up and struck the employee causing rib and pelvis fractures.

An employee was walking backward, cleaning a roadway with a flat shovel. A rubber-tracked excavator, also backing up, approached the employee. Its tracks caught the employee's pants, which caused the employee to fall forward. The machine then caught the edge of the employee's foot. The employee suffered bruising to both feet and an ankle, as well as a bone chip on the front of the right heel.

An employee was directing traffic and performing clean-up activities at a site they were preparing for asphalt pavement. The employee was struck by a skid loader that was traveling in reverse, resulting in fractures to the left leg and hip. The employee was hospitalized.

A traffic control employee was assisting a homeowner who was backing out of their driveway when they were struck by an excavator traveling in reverse. The employee sustained a hip and foot fracture.

An employee was flagging for traffic control when he was struck by a truck that was backing up. The employee sustained a punctured lung and broken ribs.