Incredible dash cam video.

HOUSTON (KTRK/CNN) - A utility worker managed to walk away from a scary-looking accident, during which he went flying after a box truck hit the bucket he was in as he worked on a Houston traffic signal.

Witness Andrew Wolf, a professional photographer, had his dashcam recording as he drove along a busy highway at 50 miles per hour on Feb. 25. A box truck was in the lane to Wolf’s left.

As the vehicles went under a traffic light, the truck hit a worker, who was hoisted up in a bucket attempting to work on the traffic signal. Wolf caught the entire thing on video.

The impact sent the man flying upside down, and Wolf says he dangled there “upside down and sideways” in his safety harness for about 30 seconds. He says a bus barely missed the worker.

The worker is now reportedly in stable condition, but the impact sent him flying. He dangled there “upside down and sideways” in his safety harness for about 30 seconds, according to a witness. (Source: Andrew Wolf/KTRK/CNN)
The worker is now reportedly in stable condition, but the impact sent him flying. He dangled there “upside down and sideways” in his safety harness for about 30 seconds, according to a witness. (Source: Andrew Wolf/KTRK/CNN)
“This is probably the most epic and horrific thing that I’ve seen,” Wolf said.

Finally, the man’s coworkers lowered him down.

The driver of the truck that hit the worker stopped, and Wolf called 911. The worker appeared to be in shock but OK.

"You can see they ignored some safety rules. They didn’t have the road blocked off. The truck wasn't protecting anybody. But they were smart enough to put on a belt and a helmet, and that's definitely what saved his life," Wolf said.

The worker is now reportedly in stable condition.

"He used up all of his luck that day, but it was just amazing that he literally walked away from that impact,” Wolf said.


LINK: http://www.wlox.com/2019/03/07...bucket-hit-by-truck/

Supervisors not supervisin' are Supervisors no longer.

OSHA be gearing up for some fun. Lawyer's are shoppin' fo' new Porsches.

Very lucky day for the worker, not so lucky for the company when OSHA sees that video

One lucky worker.

Not an expert in that kind of work and didn't stay at a Holiday Inn last night but someone forgot some safety procedures there.

The worker may need some new pants.

He should buy a lottery ticket.

probably not on his bucket list said the eyewitness.

Saw that on Fox News earlier, but didn't realize it was here in Houston.

The title of the thread made me think the worker got ejected from the bucket, then hit by a truck.

Glad to hear he survived.

WOW!!!!

That was simply amazing.

Can anyone explain why that lane was open? Anytime Ive driven through a zone with overhead work, the lane below the work is closed.

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Can anyone explain why that lane was open? Anytime Ive driven through a zone with overhead work, the lane below the work is closed.

Because Houston is like the capital city of a 3rd world country. Traffic control for construction, road signage, etc is absolute shit. Even worse, if you see something egregious you get passed around from dept to dept endlessly. Nobody gets fined unless OSHA shows up. I can’t believe Houston passes up this revenue source (ie fining contracors who do shit construction traffic control).

For example, the first time I lived in Houston they were slip lining sewers in The Heights. They opened a 1’ wide x 6’ deep ditch down the midfle of my street and made a 90 degrees turn onto a busy street. Zero orange cones and only traffic sign was coming from the east on main road and it was 1 non-flashing sign 10’ from the ditch. Zero signs from the west, north or south. Zero personnel performing traffic control. I went out and spoke with the foreman who was such a belligerent asshole that I called the city. Got passed around from dept to dept all afternoon until every slacker dept was closed. On top of that, it leaked and we had raw sewage running along the curb and no one at the city would do anything until I fibbed about seeing children playing in it.

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Because Houston is like the capital city of a 3rd world country

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That was funny. Kind of like Lagos.

Holy cow! That looked like it hurt. Probably hard for that truck driver to even see it coming. Not something you look for at every intersection.

I like where the reporter says "The crew stopped working on the traffic light." I'll bet they did!