OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14399851
HEAD,TRAFFIC ACCIDENT,CONSTRUCTION,FLAGMAN,AUTOMOBILE,FALL,STRUCK BY,WARNING SIGN
Event description
STRUCK BY AUTO DURING CONSTRUCTION NEAR HIGHWAY
Investigation abstract
THE CREW HAD COMPLETED THEIR WORK AND WERE ABOUT TO MOVE THEIR HEAVY EQUIPMENT B ACK ACROSS THE HIGHWAY. EMPLOYEE #1 STARTED ACROSS THE ROAD TO TAKE HER PICK-UP UP TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. SHE PLANNED TO USE HER EMERGENCY LIGHTS TO HELP FLAG DOW N TRAFFIC. SHE WAS ALMOST TO THE CENTER LINE WHEN SHE SAW A CAR COMING. SHE TURN ED AND TRIED TO MAKE IT BACK TO THE SHOULDER. SHE FELL TO HER HANDS AND KNEES AN D WAS STRUCK BY THE CAR. THE COLLISION CRUSHED HER SKULL AND BROKE HER LEFT FOOT . SHE SUFFERED MULTIPLE ABRASIONS AS WELL. SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. NOTE: THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS AT THE SITE AND NO FLAGMAN AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 60 F
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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