OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14447890
FRACTURE,HEAD,HIGHWAY,TRAFFIC ACCIDENT,CONSTRUCTION,LACERATION,AUTOMOBILE,STRUCK BY,LEG
Event description
Employee injured when struck by automobile
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was the squeegee operator for a highway department work crew that wa s filling cracks in a road surface. A motorist drove past the flagman's sign, th en braked. The vehicle skidded a considerable distance before striking Employee #1. He suffered a broken right leg and head lacerations. Appropriate roadway war ning signs were in place at the time of the accident.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 594
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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