OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1000744
N.C. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 11TH HWY DIV.
LENIOR, NC·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by car on highway
Investigation abstract
At approximately 2:20 p.m. on July 14, 1988, Employee #1 was placing route marke s were amputated. He died at 11:55 p.m. that night. rs along the shoulder of NC Highway 18 while standing at the left rear of a 1983 Ford truck work vehicle. The truck was parked well off the road with the edge o f its tires barely on the 4 ft paved shoulder. A Chevy Citation traveling south on Highway 18 ran off the road, knocked down a sign, and pinned Employee #1 betw een the two vehicles. There were no skid marks. Employee #1 and the three cowork ers who witnessed the accident were wearing their traffic safety vests. Safety c ones were also in place along the highway. The driver of the car was charged wit h DWI. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where his almost severed leg
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 814
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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