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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14340509

SEWER,HEAD,VEHICLE,BARRIER GUARD,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,MANHOLE,INATTENTION

Event
SEWER,HEAD,VEHICLE,BARRIER GUARD,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,MANHOLE,INATTENTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14340509
Report ID
418400

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

  1. #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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