OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14535280
HIGHWAY,TRAFFIC ACCIDENT,WORK RULES,STRUCK AGAINST,CONSTRUCTION,COLLISION,PICKUP TRUCK,POOR VISIBILITY
Event description
Employee killed when pickup collides with paving machine
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, who was employed by a construction company doing work on an interst ate highway, was driving a privately-owned pickup truck on a newly constructed p art of the roadway that was not yet open to public use. Though it was dark, he w as aware of the presence of construction equipment on the highway. He drove his pickup truck into a paving machine and was killed on impact.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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