OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #170228084
TRAFFIC ACCIDENT,VEHICLE,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,TRACTOR TRAILER,LOST CONTROL
Event description
Employee struck and killed by out-of-control semi-truck
Investigation abstract
On February 26, 1990, Employee #1, age 39, of the Michigan Department of Transpo rtation, and an employee of Erco Corp. (Mid West Bridge) pulled their vehicles o nto the southbound shoulder of I-275. They were both out of the vehicles when a semi-truck driver apparently lost control of his vehicle and hit the parked vehi cles, Employee #1, and the Erco employee. Employee #1 was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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