OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14217558
STCT DOT MAINTENANCE GARAGE
DANIELSON, CT·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by car while crossing highway
Investigation abstract
At approximately 6:20 a.m. on January 11, Employee #1 had purchased cigarettes a nd was returning from a convenience store on the north side of Route 6 in Brookl yn, CT, to his assigned DOT truck parked on the south shoulder. He was a rider i n the DOT dump body truck, sanding roadway areas that had frosted over. The crew s had been called out at 5:00 a.m. As Employee #1 was crossing Route 6, he was s truck and killed by a westbound automobile. The weather was clear, temperature i n the upper 20s, but the lighting was poor because the sun had not risen. State police reported the roadway at the site was dry, straight, and level.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 52 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 85
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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