OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14490239
TANK TRUCK,TRAFFIC ACCIDENT,CONSTRUCTION,COLLISION,STRUCK BY,HIGHWAY SHOULDER
Event description
One killed, one injured when struck by tractor trailer
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were parked on the left northbound shoulder of Interstate 81 , about 0.4 miles south of State Route 221 in Cortland County, NY. They had just recovered the last traffic control sign from the right side of the highway and were securing the sign to their 1978 Chevrolet pick-up when a tractor with a tan k trailer, which had been traveling north in the passing lane, pulled off the hi ghway and partially jackknifed. It struck Employee #2, throwing him 30 to 35 ft to the north. The tractor trailer then crossed over the bed of the pick-up and s truck Employee #1, killing him.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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