OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14340509
HALL CONTRACTING COMPANY
SAVANNAH, GA·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY AUTOMOBILE
Investigation abstract
SEVERAL EMPLOYEES WERE INVOLVED IN A UTILITIES REPAIR PROJECT TO SLIP LINE A SEW ER PIPE LOCATED UNDER A CITY STREET. AS EMPLOYEE #1 WAS EMERGING FROM AN ENTRANC E TO A THREE FOOT DEEP MANHOLE, HE WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE OPERATED BY A HIT AND RUN DRIVER. AT THE TIME THERE WAS A FLAGMAN STATIONED AT THE MANHOLE. ONE LANE OF THE STREET WAS BARRICADED OFF. SIGNS HAD BEEN POSTED INDICATING THE PRESENCE OF A CONSTRUCTION CREW IN THE AREA. EMPLOYEE #1 LATER DIED OF SEVERE HEAD INJURI ES AND MULTIPLE OTHER INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 5
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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