OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1008762
NYSTA BUFFALO DIV MAINT FAC
CHEEKTOWAGA, NY·
Event description
Two employees injured when struck by vehicle
Investigation abstract
At approximately 9:40 a.m. on August 22, 1988, Employee #1 was picking up trash as part of a cleanup operation on the center mall area of the westbound Thruway. He was walking in front of Thruway vehicle #4622, driven by Employee #2, when i t was rammed by another vehicle. The Thruway vehicle lurched forward and struck Employee #1, sending him airborne over the center barrier and onto the eastbound center median. He suffered leg, head, and various internal injuries and was hos pitalized. Employee #2 was wearing a seat belt and suffered minor back and neck injuries that did not require hospitalization. Both employees were wearing safet y vests and helmets and the vehicle's emergency overhead lights were operating.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 814
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 814
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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