OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14489389
EASTERN ROCK PRODUCTS INC.
REMSEN, NY·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by motor vehicle
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was removing temporary delineation strips from the center line of a divided highway. A 4 ft by 8 ft flashing-arrow board was being used to direct tr affic from the driving lane where he was working to the passing lane. Employee # 1 was struck by a motor vehicle and carried or dragged approximately 90 ft. He w as taken to a local hospital, where he died a short time later of an acute brain stem injury. The Sheriff's Deputy charged the driver of the motor vehicle with failure to reduce speed in a construction zone and failure to use due care.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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