OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14503510
FRACTURE,SIGNALMAN,AUTOMOBILE,STRUCK BY,INATTENTION
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY AUTOMOBILE
Investigation abstract
On June 22, 1989, Employee #1 was directing asphalt trucks crossing from the sou th bound to the north bound lanes on the Kansas Turnpike. The employee was stand ing in the median when a northbound automobile lost control, left the road, stru ck, and killed Employee #1. The driver of the automobile was arrested for vehicu lar homicide.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 38 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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