OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14223820
FRACTURE,SKULL,AUTOMOBILE,STRUCK BY,CONCUSSION
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND KILLED BY AN AUTOMOBILE
Investigation abstract
At 6:37 p.m. on October 26, 1989, Employee #1 was struck by an automobile in the ed in critical condition. Employee #1 died November 9, 1989, from his injuries. north lane of the street. Employee #1 was sweeping the street with a hand broom clearing small limbs and sawdust left from a tree that had fallen. Employee #1 had parked his service truck in the south lane next to the curb and had activate d the 4-way flashing warning lights and a small revolving yellow light mounted o n the rear of this truck. Employee #1 was not wearing reflective safety vest at time of accident. The sun had gone down and there was no road lighting in the ar ea. The service truck had its headlights on and so did the automobile that struc k the employee. Employee #1 received multiple skull fractures and was hospitaliz
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 14
- Task assigned
- 1
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