OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14488563

TRAFFIC ACCIDENT,ROPE,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,CONSTRUCTION,AUTOMOBILE,STRUCK BY,BRIDGE,INATTENTION

1986-06-23T00:00:00

Event: TRAFFIC ACCIDENT,ROPE,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,CONSTRUCTION,AUTOMOBILE,STRUCK BY,BRIDGE,INATTENTION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14488563
Report ID: 215000

Event description

Employee killed when struck by automobile

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was using a rope to perform work for the Daskal Corporation on the V errazano Narrows bridge. He was struck by a passing automobile and killed. Emplo yee #1's rope may have become caught on a passing vehicle, dragging him into the traffic.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 30 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
29

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
18

Hazardous substance
8880

Task assigned
1

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