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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14397236

VEHICLE,PPE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,AUTOMOBILE,STRUCK BY,REFLECTIVE VEST,INATTENTION

Event
VEHICLE,PPE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,AUTOMOBILE,STRUCK BY,REFLECTIVE VEST,INATTENTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14397236
Report ID
625400

Event description

Employee killed when struck by vehicle

Investigation abstract

At approximately 8:45 a.m. on July 11, 1988, as Employee #1, a foreman, was cros sing Highway 620, he apparently did not see an approaching vehicle and was struc k and killed. There were no witnesses to the accident. A flagman was not directi ng traffic at the job site because construction equipment was not crossing that section of the highway. Employee #1 was not wearing a reflective vest.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 56 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    1
    Source
    29
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    5
    Task assigned
    1

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