The following tables contain links to fatality investigation reports
of incidents where workers were killed in highway work zones. The first
table contains a list of cases investigated by NIOSH; the second table
contains a list of cases investigated by state investigators in state
FACE programs.
| 84-13 |
Two Confined Space Fatalities During Construction
of a Sewer Line |
| 92-19 |
Construction Laborer Dies After a Water
Truck and Scraper Collide–South Carolina |
| 94-18 |
Asphalt Milling Superintendent Crushed
Under Asphalt Milling Machine–Virginia |
| 94-19 |
Laborer Dies After Being Struck by Overturning
Crane–Virginia |
| 96-16 |
Equipment Operator Dies After Scraper Overturns–Virginia |
| 97-11 |
Construction Laborer Dies After Being Struck
by a Front End Loader at a Construction Site–Pennsylvania |
| 98-06 |
Construction Laborer Dies After Being Run
Over by Asphalt Roller at Highway Construction Site—Virginia |
| 98-19 |
Laborer Run Over by Dump Truck at Roadway
Resurfacing Operation–Virginia |
| 99-03 |
Female Construction Worker Dies in a Compactor
Tip Over at a Highway Construction Site–South Carolina |
| 2000-02 |
Flagger Struck From Behind and Killed by
a Truck Intruding Into a Highway Construction Work Zone - Wisconsin |
| 2000-05 |
Truck Driver Dies After the Off-Highway
Truck He was Operating Rolled Over an Embankment and Came to Rest
on Its Top—Pennsylvania |
| 2000-20 |
Twenty-Nine-Year-Old Asphalt Compactor
Operator Dies From Crushing Injuries Received During Machine Rollover—North
Carolina |
| 2001-01 |
State Department of Transportation Worker
(Laborer) Dies After Being Struck By Motor Vehicle – North Carolina |
| 2001-02 |
State Department of Transportation Highway
Maintenance Worker Dies After Being Struck by a Car While Installing
Reflectors on a Guardrail |
| 2001-10 |
Seventeen-Year-Old Part-Time Road Construction
Laborer Dies After Being Run Over by a Water Truck—Indiana |
| 2002-03 |
Construction Laborer Dies After Being Run
Over and Crushed by a Grader at a Road Construction Site—North Carolina |
| 2002-06 |
Roadway Construction Worker Dies From Crushing
Injuries When Backed Over by a Dump Truck - Virginia |
| 2003-09 |
Two Hispanic Guardrail Installers Die After
Being Struck by a Guardrail—North Carolina |
| 2004-02 |
ROPS Equipped Soil Compactor Overturn Kills Operator—Tennessee |
| 2004-10 |
Hispanic Flagger Dies After Being Run Over by a Dump Truck-North Carolina |
| 2004-11 |
Hispanic Laborer on Roadway Construction Work Site Run Over and Killed by a Backing
Flat Bed Dump Truck-North Carolina |
| 2005-08 |
Highway Construction Supervisor Dies After Being Backed Over By a Water Truck - South Carolina |
| 2005-10 |
Traffic Control Supervisor Dies When Struck By An Asphalt Dump Truck While Picking Up
Cones on a Roadway Work Zone - Tennessee |
| 2006-03 |
Laborer Dies After Being Run Over by a Backing Dump Truck During a Nighttime
Paving Project – Virginia |
| 2007-02 |
Laborer Dies When Backed Over by a TAC Truck in Residential Roadway Construction
Work Zone–North Carolina |
| 95CA011 |
CA |
Crane Operator Falls 30 Feet from a Crane
While Working from a Freeway Overpass in California |
| 00CA004 |
CA |
A Highway Worker Dies When Struck by a
Speeding Vehicle While Picking Up Cones On an Interstate Highway |
| 00CA005 |
CA |
A Construction Inspector Dies After Being
Backed Over by a Ten-wheel Asphalt Dump Truck |
| 00CA006 |
CA |
A Construction Flag Person Dies After Being
Backed Over by a Truck |
| 01CA004 |
CA |
A Traffic Controller is Killed When Backed
Over by a Dump Truck |
| 01CA008 |
CA |
A Construction Surveyor is Run Over by
a Motor Grader That Was Backing Up |
| 02CA003 |
CA |
A Construction Worker Jumps Over a Cement
Barrier Onto an Interstate Highway Transition Road and Is Killed When
Struck By an Oncoming Vehicle |
| 04CA008 |
CA |
A Construction Laborer Died When He Was Struck by a Fast Moving Vehicle
as He Crossed the Roadway in a Street Construction Work Zone |
| 96IA055 |
IA |
Asphalt Machine Runs Over and Kills Worker |
| 01IA020 |
IA |
City Street Worker Was Struck and Killed
by a Speeding Car |
| 02KY074 |
KY |
Asphalt Compactor Operator Dies When Machine
Slides and Falls 17 Feet |
| 03KY030 |
KY |
Highway Construction Worker Dies When Struck
By Semi-Tractor Trailer |
| 95MA039 |
MA |
Construction Laborer Crushed by Asphalt
Truck while Paving Interstate Highway |
| 00MA054 |
MA |
Police Officer Killed When Struck By Motorist
While Directing Traffic At Roadway Work Zone |
| 00MA061 |
MA |
Police Officer Fatally Injured When Struck
By A Backing Dump Truck At A Public Roadway Construction Work Zone |
| 01MA039 |
MA |
Police Officer Dies After Being Backed Over by a Dump Truck |
| 94MD063 |
MD |
Construction Foreman Crushed by Excavator |
| 02MI106 |
MI |
Highway Worker Killed by Passenger Vehicle
While Setting Up Highway Work Zone Warning Signal |
| 06MI068 |
MI |
Surveyor Dies When Struck by Oncoming Vehicle |
| 92MN007 |
MN |
Highway Paving Crew Member Dies After Being
Run Over By a Rear End Dump Truck |
| 92MN014 |
MN |
Highway Construction Flagman Dies after
Being Struck by a Pickup Truck |
| 92MN019 |
MN |
Road Paving Crew Member Dies After Being
Run Over by a Dump Truck |
| 94MN031 |
MN |
Highway Construction Worker Dies After
Being Struck While Crossing Roadway |
| 95MN047 |
MN |
Construction Worker Dies After 9-Wheel
Pneumatic Roller Rolls Over on Her |
| 96MN092 |
MN |
Conveyor Operator Dies After Being Runover
by a Belly Dump Trailer |
| 97MN047 |
MN |
Worker Dies After Being Run Over by a Caterpillar |
| 98MN030 |
MN |
Worker Dies After Being Run Over by a Front-end
Loader |
| 99MN018 |
MN |
Electrician Dies After Falling From Cherry
Picker Basket |
| 00MN030 |
MN |
Worker Dies After Being Crushed Between
Rock Spreader And Pneumatic Roller in Minnesota |
| 95MO057 |
MO |
County Highway Department Worker Crushed
When Dump Trailer and Truck Tipped Over |
| 96MO012 |
MO |
Highway Department Supervisor Struck By
Reversing Dump Truck |
| 96MO061 |
MO |
Special Road District Foreman Struck By
Oil Distributor Truck |
| 97MO037 |
MO |
Asphalt Roller Operator Dies Following
Rollover Incident In Missouri |
| 97MO096 |
MO |
Highway Department Supervisor Falls From
Bluff In Missouri |
| 94NE059 |
NE |
Asphalt Roller Crushes Flagman |
| 99NE021 |
NE |
Member of Road Striping Crew Stuck by Semi |
| 00NE034 |
NE |
Construction Zone Worker Hit By Gravel
Truck |
| 04NE007 |
NE |
Engineering Technician Run Over and Killed
by Backing Dump Truck |
| 04NE040 |
NE |
Hispanic Laborer Run Over and Killed by Backing Dump Truck in
Roadway Construction Zone |
| 05NE028 |
NE |
Hispanic Carpenter Killed When Struck by Piece of
Concrete That Fell From Rigging Device During Hoist in Highway Work Zone |
| 93NJ090 |
NJ |
Road Construction Laborer Dies After Falling
Underneath the Wheel of a Front End Loader |
| 01NJ020 |
NJ |
Truck Driver Killed In Highway Work Zone
Collision |
| 01NJ098 |
NJ |
Jackhammer Operator Run Over by a Truck
in a Highway Work Zone |
| 03NJ054 |
NJ |
Municipal Road Worker Struck by a Truck
at a Worksite |
| 03NJ070 |
NJ |
Highway Worker Struck and Killed by an
Auto While Filling Potholes |
| 05NJ090 |
NJ |
School Crossing Guard Struck and Killed by a Sport Utility Vehicle |
| 04NY012 |
NY |
Flagger Dies after being Struck by a Pickup Truck in
a Highway Work Zone |
| 05NY039 |
NY |
Three Construction Workers Killed after being Struck by a Bus in a
Highway Work Zone |
| 99OK088 |
OK |
A Roller Operator and A Work Crew Foreman
Died When They Were Struck By A Motorist In A Highway Work Zone |
| 03OK047 |
OK |
A Road Construction Worker Was Killed When He Was Run
Over by an Asphalt Dump Truck |
| 03OK096 |
OK |
A Concrete Saw Operator Was Killed When
He Was Pinned Between the Boom and the Rear of a Backhoe |
| 03OK098 |
OK |
Hispanic Laborer Died After Being Struck
by a Vehicle in a Roadway Work Zone |
| 04OK010 |
OK |
Hispanic Heavy Equipment Operator Was Killed
While Jump-Starting a Pad-Foot Drum Compactor |
| 04OK025 |
OK |
A County Employee Died When He Was Crushed
Between Two Heavy Equipment Compaction Vehicles |
| 03OR032 |
OR |
Vehicle Strikes Utility Worker In Short-duration
Work Zone |
| 99WA070 |
WA |
Flagger Killed When Struck by a Dump Truck,
During Road Construction, in Washington State |
| 00WA040 |
WA |
Lineman Killed After Being Struck by a
Car in Washington |
| 00WA041 |
WA |
City Worker Killed When Struck by a Dump
Truck in Washington State |
| 92WI036 |
WI |
Road Maintenance Worker Died 15 Months
after Falling Backwards Off a Dump Truck onto Pavement |
| 00WI074 |
WI |
Construction Laborer Killed When Run Over
by Dump Truck in Highway Work Zone |
Highway Work Zones Fatality Investigation Reports