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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #170228092

SIGNALMAN,TRAFFIC CONTROL,TRUCK,RUN OVER,CONTUSION

Event
SIGNALMAN,TRAFFIC CONTROL,TRUCK,RUN OVER,CONTUSION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
170228092
Report ID
552651

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN RUN OVER BY VEHICLE

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was a member of a crew in the process of resurfacing a road on Woodw ard Avenue in Bloomfield Hills. Employee #1 was assigned as traffic controller f or the project, to flag traffic and to keep traffic clear of a milling machine u sed to mill pavement joints. A truck owned by Power Vac Services was backing up around construction barrels where Employee #1 was standing when she was struck b y the truck. Emergency 911 was called, but Employee #1 was dead at the scene. Th e accident happened in Oakland County, Michigan.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 23 F

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    1
    Source
    30
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1

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