NIOSH FACE Reports

Below are links to reports from NIOSH investigations of road construction fatalities where workers were run over or backed over by construction equipment.  They offer recommendations for prevention.  Many people find them very useful in training since they are true stories about real people who have been killed.

In House:
Title Run over or Back over Piece of equipment Incident State
A construction inspector dies after being backed over by a ten-wheel asphalt dump truck Back over Asphalt dump truck CA
A laborer dies in a street work zone after being backed over by a dump truck Back over Dump truck  CA 
A traffic controller is killed when backed over by a dump truck  Back over  Dump truck  CA 
Police officer dies after being backed over by a dump truck  Back over  Dump truck  MA 
Police officer fatally injured when struck by a backing dump truck at a public roadway construction work zone  Back over  Dump truck  MA 
Highway department supervisor struck by reversing dump truck Back over  Dump truck  MO 
Flagger killed when struck by a dump truck, during road construction, in Washington State Back over  Dump truck  WA 
A construction flag person dies after being backed over by a truck  Back over Tractor-trailer side dump truck  CA 
A road construction worker was killed when he was run over by an asphalt dump truck  Run over  Asphalt dump truck  OK 
Asphalt roller crushes flagman  Run over  Asphalt roller  NE 
Asphalt machine runs over and kills worker  Run over  Asphalt truck  IA 
Construction laborer crushed by asphalt truck while paving interstate highway  Run over  Asphalt truck  MA 
Conveyor operator dies after being runover by a belly dump trailer  Run over  Belly dump trailer  MN 
Worker dies after being run over by a Caterpillar Run over  Caterpillar MN 
Road paving crew member dies after being run over by a dump truck Run over  Dump truck  MN 
Highway paving crew member dies after being run over by a rear end dump truck  Run over  Dump truck  MN 
Hispanic laborer run over and killed by backing dump truck in roadway construction zone  Run over  Dump truck  NE 
Engineering technician run over and killed by backing dump truck Run over  Dump truck  NE 
City worker killed when struck by a dump truck in Washington State  Run over  Dump truck  WA 
Construction laborer killed when run over by dump truck in highway work zone  Run over  Dump truck  WI 
Construction foreman crushed by excavator  Run over  Excavator  MD 
Worker dies after being run over by a front-end loader  Run over  Front end loader  MN 
Road construction laborer dies after falling underneath the wheel of a front end loader  Run over  Front end loader  NJ 
Jackhammer operator run over by a truck in a highway work zone  Run over  Fuel truck  NJ 
A construction surveyor is run over by a motor grader that was backing up  Run over  Motor grader  CA 
 
State-based:
Title Run over or Back over Piece of equipment Incident State
A construction inspector dies after being backed over by a ten-wheel asphalt dump truck Back over Asphalt dump truck CA
A laborer dies in a street work zone after being backed over by a dump truck Back over Dump truck  CA 
A traffic controller is killed when backed over by a dump truck  Back over  Dump truck  CA 
Police officer dies after being backed over by a dump truck  Back over  Dump truck  MA 
Police officer fatally injured when struck by a backing dump truck at a public roadway construction work zone  Back over  Dump truck  MA 
Highway department supervisor struck by reversing dump truck Back over  Dump truck  MO 
Flagger killed when struck by a dump truck, during road construction, in Washington State Back over  Dump truck  WA 
A construction flag person dies after being backed over by a truck  Back over Tractor-trailer side dump truck  CA 
A road construction worker was killed when he was run over by an asphalt dump truck  Run over  Asphalt dump truck  OK 
Asphalt roller crushes flagman  Run over  Asphalt roller  NE 
Asphalt machine runs over and kills worker  Run over  Asphalt truck  IA 
Construction laborer crushed by asphalt truck while paving interstate highway  Run over  Asphalt truck  MA 
Conveyor operator dies after being runover by a belly dump trailer  Run over  Belly dump trailer  MN 
Worker dies after being run over by a Caterpillar Run over  Caterpillar MN 
Road paving crew member dies after being run over by a dump truck Run over  Dump truck  MN 
Highway paving crew member dies after being run over by a rear end dump truck  Run over  Dump truck  MN 
Hispanic laborer run over and killed by backing dump truck in roadway construction zone  Run over  Dump truck  NE 
Engineering technician run over and killed by backing dump truck Run over  Dump truck  NE 
City worker killed when struck by a dump truck in Washington State  Run over  Dump truck  WA 
Construction laborer killed when run over by dump truck in highway work zone  Run over  Dump truck  WI 
Construction foreman crushed by excavator  Run over  Excavator  MD 
Worker dies after being run over by a front-end loader  Run over  Front end loader  MN 
Road construction laborer dies after falling underneath the wheel of a front end loader  Run over  Front end loader  NJ 
Jackhammer operator run over by a truck in a highway work zone  Run over  Fuel truck  NJ 
A construction surveyor is run over by a motor grader that was backing up  Run over  Motor grader  CA 

Posted: 11/11/2008

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