OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14237788

HIGHWAY,TRAFFIC ACCIDENT,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FLAGMAN,INEXPERIENCE,ELDERLY,STRUCK BY,INATTENTION

1986-08-14T00:00:00

Event: HIGHWAY,TRAFFIC ACCIDENT,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FLAGMAN,INEXPERIENCE,ELDERLY,STRUCK BY,INATTENTION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14237788
Report ID: 627100

Event description

Flagman killed when struck by car

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a general construction worker temporarily assigned as a flagman, wa lked out to his station to flag down an approaching car. One sign warning of "co nstruction ahead" had been placed about 1,179 ft in front of him. Employee #1 st epped into the northbound lane of the highway and waved his flag, but did not wa tch the approaching car to be sure it was stopping. The driver of the car did no t stop and struck Employee #1, killing him instantly. The road runs almost due n orth and south but the 80-year-old driver said she had been blinded by the sun a nd did not see him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 55 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
29

Occupation code
999

Human factor
10

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
2

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