OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14397665
TRAFFIC ACCIDENT,CONSTRUCTION,TRUCK,STRUCK BY,MOTOR VEHICLE,ROAD PAVING
Event description
One killed, two injured in highway construction accident
Investigation abstract
Employees #1, #2, and #3 were sealing pavement on a bridge when an 18-wheeler ra n over traffic barriers and struck and killed Employee #1. Employees #2 and #3 j umped off the bridge to avoid being hit, sustaining injuries that required hospi talization.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 588
- Human factor
- 5
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 9
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 553
- Human factor
- 5
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 9
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 588
- Human factor
- 5
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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