OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1008564
NYSDEC FISH HATCHERY
RANDOLPH, NY·
Event description
Employee killed in collision
Investigation abstract
At approximately 11:05 a.m. on February 13, 1988, Employee #1, a laborer, was dr ld run properly. iving a 1982 GMC 1-ton dump truck with a straight blade plow mounted on the fron t. He was traveling west on Route 394 when he crossed the center line of the two -lane route on a snow-covered curve and struck a bread truck head-on. Employee # 1 was killed instantly as a result of head trauma and a brain laceration. The po lice report indicated that the road was snow-covered and slippery, with blowing snow. Reportedly, Employee #1 was plowing snow at a fish hatchery when powdered snow got under his hood and caused the engine to malfunction; according to usual practice, he took the truck out on the highway to dry the engine so that it wou
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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