Highway work is one of the most dangerous jobs in the country. Since 1992, transportation accidents have been the leading cause of on-the-job deaths in the United States. It’s important to remember that roadside workers have families they hope to return to after each day of work.
Everyone plays a role in maintaining a safe work zone area during roadway construction. To do your part,
follow these work zone safety tips when traveling through a work zone.
The Mississippi Department of Transportation’s memorial is dedicated to the memory of our fallen workers who lost their lives in service to transportation in Mississippi:
| 1951
Lawrence H. Davis |
| 1955
Albert E. Enis |
| 1959
Richard H. Tisdale |
| 1960
Henry R. Martin |
| 1961
Daniel E. Ladner |
| 1964
Alfred H. Mizell |
| 1967
Carl A. Smith |
| 1968
Jacob F. Chambers |
| 1970
Wilton E. Lang |
| 1973
George Killens |
| 1975
Roy C. Jackson |
| 1976
James M. Newell |
| 1977
Arter I. Huddleton |
| 1979
Edward B. Reves |
| 1980
Clayton Johnson |
| 1982
Robert K. Puailihau |
| 1987
Robert L. Evans |
| 1988
James Wright |
| 1990
Neil Thornton |
| 1991
Chester A. Berryman |
| 1993
William F. Brown |
| 1997
Justin H. Edwards |
| 1998
Albert M. Mullican |
| 2001
Lamar Magee |
| 2003
Johnny C. Cooper |
| 2007
David Lee Jones |
| 2009
Samuel C. Clark |
| 2010
Leon Sims |
| 2012
Hollis Anderson |
| 2014
Henry Butler, Jr. |
| 2017
George Hammond |
| 2019
Jeff Boren |
| 2023
Christopher Ras Leger |