OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14297683
TRAFFIC ACCIDENT,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRAFFIC CONTROL,AUTOMOBILE,STRUCK BY
Event description
One killed, one injured when struck by motor vehicle
Investigation abstract
At 5:00 p.m. on June 7, 1987, Employees #1 and #2 were assigned to assist the St ate police with traffic on I-95, which had been closed to allow a subcontractor to set structural steel. The employees were to set arrow boards and flares. The road had already been closed and opened twice without incident. As the employees were walking on the median strip adjacent to a truck, they were struck by a car . Employee #1 was killed, and Employee #2 was injured. It was dark at the time o f the accident. The company provided reflective vests, but they were not being u sed.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 805
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 558
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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