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Caltrans Maintenance Workers

Statewide, Caltrans has lost 187 employees in the line of duty since 1921; 37 of those employees worked in District 7, which covers Los Angeles and Ventura counties. Highway construction and maintenance work is one of the most dangerous occupations in the United States. In 2014, there were 4,783 work zone collisions on California state highways, resulting in 2,391 injuries and 43 fatalities. In addition to the danger workers face, an estimated 85 percent of people who are killed in highway work zones are drivers and passengers. Most of these fatalities are caused by rear-end collisions, with speeding, distracted, and aggressive driving the most common causes. These numbers don’t include the close calls, such as the more than 1,000 Caltrans vehicles hit on the highways each year—the equivalent of almost three per day. Here, Caltrans employees who have been injured or witnessed many closed calls share their stories.