OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14255384
S. T. WOOTEN CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
NASHVILLE, NC·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED IN HIGHWAY ACCIDENT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS THE DRIVER OF A PICKUP TRUCK WHICH WAS TRAILING A MOTOR GRADER D BY THE HIGHWAY TRUCK. OWN THE SHOULDER OF A 2 LANE HIGHWAY. THE GRADER WAS PREPARING THE SHOULDER FOR PAVING BY STRIPPING VEGETATION FROM IT. THE PICKUP TRUCK, TRAVELLING IN THE LEFT LANE, WAS ACTING AS A WARNING VEHICLE FOR THE GRADER AND WAS EQUIPPED WITH BLIN KING AND ROTATING WARNING LIGHTS. THE TRUCK WAS TRAVELLING ABOUT 50 FEET BEHIND THE GRADER. THE HIGHWAY WAS NOT CLOSED TO TRAFFIC. BOTH VEHICLES WERE TRAVELLING EAST ABOUT 5 MILES PER HOUR. A HIGHWAY TRUCK TRAVELING IN THE SAME DIRECTION AN D BELIEVED TO BE IN THE PROCESS OF PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE STRUCK THE PICKUP TRU CK IN THE REAR, THROWING EMPLOYEE #1 TO THE PAVEMENT. HE WAS RUN OVER AND KILLED
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 64 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 594
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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