A 57-year-old asphalt roller operator and a 35-year-old crew foreman died on November 23, 1999, from multiple traumatic injuries received when they were struck by a light pickup truck traveling at a … [Read more...] about A Roller Operator and a Work Crew Foreman Died When They Were Struck by a Motorist in a Highway Work Zone
Crash Reports
Improving Construction Site Safety by Incident Reporting Through Utilizing Virtual Reality
The construction industry consistently records one of the highest accident rates compared to other occupations, resulting in millions of workers suffering from construction-related injuries such as … [Read more...] about Improving Construction Site Safety by Incident Reporting Through Utilizing Virtual Reality
Identification and Analysis of Misclassified Work-Zone Crashes Using Text Mining Techniques
Work zone safety management and research relies heavily on the quality of work zone crash data. However, it is possible that a police officer may misclassify a crash in structured data due to: … [Read more...] about Identification and Analysis of Misclassified Work-Zone Crashes Using Text Mining Techniques
After 4 Deaths, SCDOT Expedites Removal of I-85 Construction Chutes in Cherokee County
Four people have been killed in vehicle crashes in the construction chutes along an Interstate 85 widening project in Cherokee County since January. The South Carolina Department of Transportation has … [Read more...] about After 4 Deaths, SCDOT Expedites Removal of I-85 Construction Chutes in Cherokee County
MoDOT Worker’s Family Grieves ‘Horrible’ Loss: Lloyd Crawford died Monday while working in Tracy
Lloyd Crawford, a Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) worker, was hit and killed while performing flooding emergency work in Tracy, Missouri, along Route 273 at the intersection of Route 371 … [Read more...] about MoDOT Worker’s Family Grieves ‘Horrible’ Loss: Lloyd Crawford died Monday while working in Tracy
Detecting Risk Factors of Road Work Zone Crashes from the Information Provided in Police Crash Reports: The Case Study of Portugal
Several studies have shown that European police crash reports provide different detail degrees of work zone crash-related data. In this sense, the present study aims to verify the possibility of … [Read more...] about Detecting Risk Factors of Road Work Zone Crashes from the Information Provided in Police Crash Reports: The Case Study of Portugal