OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1002526
DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS STEUBEN COUNTY
BATH, NY·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by automobile
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10:30 a.m. on April 15, 1988, Employee #1 was acting as a flagm adway leading to the bridge was 28 ft wide, with a shoulder. an for a highway crew of three that was preparing to remove sand and salt from a bridge surface. The crew was identified to traffic by a warning sign that read, "Road Work Ahead." Employee #1 was at the eastern end of the bridge, approximat ely 500 ft in front of the work area, when he was struck and killed by a 1987/19 88 Buick automobile. He died as a result of head and neck injuries, but he also sustained fractures in both legs below the knees. Employee #1 was not wearing a reflective vest or other high visibility clothing. The motorist whose car struck him was approximately 80 years old and visually impaired. The paved two-lane ro
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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