OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14295554
FRACTURE,HEAD,TRAFFIC ACCIDENT,LACERATION,STRUCK BY,ARM,MOTOR VEHICLE,LEG,WRIST
Event description
3 EMPLOYEES STRUCK AND INJURED BY MOTOR VEHICLE
Investigation abstract
A TRUCK PROCEEDING SOUTH ON MARYLAND RT 29 WAS UNABLE TO STOP AND STRUCK AN AUTO MOBILE IN ITS PATH. THE AUTOMOBILE WAS FORCED OFF THE ROADWAY INTO A CONED-OFF A REA WERE EXCAVATION WORK WAS UNDERWAY. THE 3 INJURED EMPLOYEES WERE WITHIN THE C ONED-OFF AREA, WALKING TOWARD THE EXCAVATION, WHEN THEY WERE STRUCK BY THE AUTOM OBILE. EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE STATE OF MARYLAND HIGHWAY INSPECTORS. EMPLOYEE # 3 WAS A WATER RESOURCES INSPECTOR. EMPLOYEE #1 SUFFERED A FRACTURED ARM AND LEG, AS WELL AS HEAD INJURIES. EMPLOYEE #2'S LEFT WRIST WAS BROKEN. EMPLOYEE #3 RECE IVED SEVERAL LACERATIONS.
Victims (4)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 24
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 6
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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