OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1004761
FRACTURE,HIGHWAY,TRAFFIC ACCIDENT,SPEEDING,COLLISION,AUTOMOBILE,STRUCK BY
Event description
Highway worker killed when struck by speeding vehicle
Investigation abstract
At approximately 9:55 a.m. on April 26, 1989, Employee #1, a gasoline roller eng ineer for the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT), Bureau of Highways, was wo rking on a roadway in Manhattan when he was struck by a passenger vehicle. He su stained multiple fractures and died two days later at Harlem Hospital. According to a DOT official and witnesses, the passenger vehicle was traveling at a high speed when it struck Employee #1. DOT officials said that the driver was unlicen sed and was operating a stolen vehicle.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 594
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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