OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14397707
HIGHWAY,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRUCK,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,STRUCK BY,RUN OVER,UNTRAINED,WORK PLATFORM
Event description
One employee dies, one injured in fall from platform
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2, construction laborers, were untrained, night shift, elevate quirements. d highway construction employees returning from the ground level to an elevated construction level by an extendible articulating boom. An 18 wheel truck struck the platform as it swung over the unlighted and poorly marked interstate highway . The unbelted employees were thrown onto the highway, where a second vehicle ra n over Employee #1, killing him. The fall severely injured Employee #2. The empl oyees' misjudgment of hazardous work practices could have been avoided by the co nstruction company's safety manager having equipment operators trained and desig nated in accordance with their safety manual and the equipment manufacturer's re
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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