FATALITY ASSESSMENT AND CONTROL EVALUATION (FACE) PROGRAM

Through the Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program, NIOSH conducts investigations of fatal occupational injuries. The primary intent of this program is to provide interested users with access to the full text of hundreds of fatality investigation reports.

State FACE Reports: Highway Work Zones

The following reports are the products of our Cooperative State partners and are presented here in their original unedited form from the states. The findings and conclusions in each report are those of the individual Cooperative State partner and do not necessarily reflect the views or policy of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.


Report No.	Incident State	Title

2009MA031	MA	Municipal laborer dies after being struck by a motor vehicle while closing a water gate valve - Massachusetts.
2008MA037	MA	Police officer dies when struck by a car at night while directing traffic at a local fair - Massachusetts.
2008MA028	MA	Laborer dies after being backed over by dump truck at a nighttime highway work zone construction site - Massachusetts.
2007MI169	MI	Supervisor/foreman struck by a pickup truck while placing channelizer drum in road.
2007CA001	CA	A laborer dies in a street work zone after being backed over by a dump truck.
2006MI096	MI	Ground man for milling operation dies when struck by a dump truck backing into work zone.
2006MI068	MI	Surveyor dies when struck by oncoming vehicle.
2006MA027	MA	A municipal worker struck by a motor vehicle while patching a pothole - Massachusetts.
2005NY039	NY	Three construction workers killed after being struck by a bus in a highway work zone.
2005NJ090	NJ	School crossing guard struck and killed by a sport utility vehicle.
2005NE028	NE	Hispanic carpenter killed when struck by piece of concrete that fell from rigging device during hoist in highway work zone.
2004OK025	OK	A county employee died when he was crushed between two heavy equipment compaction vehicles.
2004OK010	OK	Hispanic heavy equipment operator was killed while jump-starting a pad-foot drum compactor.
2004NY012	NY	Flagger dies after being struck by a pickup truck in a highway work zone.
2004NE040	NE	Hispanic laborer run over and killed by backing dump truck in roadway construction zone.
2004NE007	NE	Engineering technician run over and killed by backing dump truck.
2004CA008	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.
2003OR032	OR	Vehicle strikes utility worker in short-duration work zone.
2003OK098	OK	Hispanic laborer died after being struck by a vehicle in a roadway work zone.
2003OK096	OK	A concrete saw operator was killed when he was pinned between the boom and the rear of a backhoe.
2003OK047	OK	A road construction worker was killed when he was run over by an asphalt dump truck.
2003NJ070	NJ	Highway worker struck and killed by an auto while filling potholes.
2003NJ054	NJ	Municipal road worker struck by a truck at a worksite.
2003MI005	MI	Worker dies as a result of being struck and pinned between two vehicles while repairing potholes.
2003KY030	KY	Highway construction worker dies when struck by semi-tractor trailer.
2002WA048	WA	Maintenance worker killed when struck by a vehicle along a highway in Washington State.
2002WA034	WA	Utility construction supervisor killed when struck by a pickup truck at a work zone in Washington State.
2002MI106	MI	Highway worker killed by passenger vehicle while setting up highway work zone warning signal.
2002KY074	KY	Asphalt compactor operator dies when machine slides and falls 17 feet.
2002IA030	IA	Front hopper gate operator run over by chip spreader during street resurfacing.
2002CA003	CA	A construction worker jumps over a cement barrier onto an interstate highway transition road and is killed when struck by an oncoming vehicle.
2001NJ098	NJ	Jackhammer operator run over by a truck in a highway work zone.
2001NJ020	NJ	Truck driver killed in highway work zone collision.
2001MA039	MA	Police officer dies after being backed over by a dump truck - Massachusetts.
2001IA020	IA	City street worker was struck and killed by a speeding car.
2001CA008	CA	A construction surveyor is run over by a motor grader that was backing up.
2001CA004	CA	A traffic controller is killed when backed over by a dump truck.
2000WI074	WI	Construction laborer killed when run over by dump truck in highway work zone - Wisconsin.
2000WA041	WA	City worker killed when struck by a dump truck in Washington State.
2000WA040	WA	Lineman killed after being struck by a car in Washington State.
2000WA011	WA	Flagger fatally injured when struck by a car at a highway work zone in Washington State.
2000NE034	NE	Construction zone worker hit by gravel truck in Nebraska.
2000MN030	MN	Worker dies after being crushed between rock spreader and pneumatic roller in Minnesota.
2000MA061	MA	Police officer fatally injured when struck by a backing dump truck at a public roadway construction work zone - Massachusetts.
2000MA054	MA	Police officer killed when struck by motorist while directing traffic at roadway work zone.
2000CA006	CA	A construction flag person dies after being backed over by a truck.
2000CA005	CA	A construction inspector dies after being backed over by a ten-wheel asphalt dump truck.
2000CA004	CA	A highway worker dies when struck by a speeding vehicle while picking up cones on an interstate highway.
1999WA070	WA	Flagger killed when struck by a dump truck, during road construction, in Washington State.
1999OK088	OK	A roller operator and a work crew foreman died when they were struck by a motorist in a highway work zone.
1999NE021	NE	Member of road striping crew struck by semi.
1999MN018	MN	Electrician dies after falling from cherry picker basket.
1998MN030	MN	Worker dies after being run over by a front-end loader.
1997MO096	MO	Highway department supervisor falls from bluff in Missouri.
1997MO037	MO	Asphalt roller operator dies following rollover incident in Missouri.
1997MN047	MN	Worker dies after being run over by a Caterpillar.
1996MO061	MO	Special road district foreman struck by oil distributor truck.
1996MO012	MO	Highway department supervisor struck by reversing dump truck.
1996MN092	MN	Conveyor operator dies after being runover by a belly dump trailer.
1996IA055	IA	Asphalt machine runs over and kills worker.
1995MO057	MO	County highway department worker crushed when dump trailer and truck tipped over.
1995MN047	MN	Construction worker dies after 9-wheel pneumatic roller rolls over on her.
1995MA039	MA	Construction laborer crushed by asphalt truck while paving interstate highway.
1995CA011	CA	Crane operator falls 30 feet from a crane while working from a freeway overpass in California.
1994NE059	NE	Asphalt roller crushes flagman.
1994MN031	MN	Highway construction worker dies after being struck while crossing roadway.
1994MD063	MD	Construction foreman crushed by excavator - Maryland.
1993NJ090	NJ	Road construction laborer dies after falling underneath the wheel of a front end loader.
1992WI036	WI	Road maintenance worker died 15 months after falling backwards off a dump truck onto pavement.
1992MN019	MN	Road paving crew member dies after being run over by a dump truck.
1992MN014	MN	Highway construction flagman dies after being struck by a pickup truck.
1992MN007	MN	Highway paving crew member dies after being run over by a rear end dump truck.