Dive Brief:
- Three construction workers were hurt in a work zone accident on the first day of activity for the "Fix 50" project in Sacramento, Calif.
- The California Highway Patrol said a worker was carrying a 20-foot-long 2x4, and one end of it stuck into traffic when he turned around with it.
- A tractor-trailer clipped the board and sent it flying into two other workers, one of whom was airlifted to the University of California, Davis, hospital with a head injury, the Highway Patrol said.
Dive Insight:
The accident demonstrates the tough safety challenges involved in highway work in an urban area. Often, workers are at risk from poor driving, but situations sometimes arise that drivers cannot avoid, like lumber suddenly appearing in front of a truck.