OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221358807

D & M TRAFFIC SERVICES, INC.

SAN JOSE, CA· 2021-05-17T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Cleaning, Concrete Pavement, Construction, Construction vehicle, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Flatbed Truck, Head, Highway, Highway work zone, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Laborer, Laceration, Motor Vehicle, Pavement, Traffic Control
NAICS: 532289
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345333926
Employer profile: D & M TRAFFIC SERVICES, INC.
Summary number: 221358807
Report ID: 0950612
Project type: A
Construction end-use: I

Event description

Employee lacerates head in fall from parked flatbed truck

Investigation abstract

At 3:13 p.m. on May 17, 2021, an employee was working as a construction laborer for a contractor that provides traffic control. The employee was standing on the flat bed of a truck used in traffic control cleaning up the work site by moving cones. The vehicle was not moving when the employee fell from the truck to the pavement. The truck was not equipped with handholds. The employee was hospitalized to treat a laceration to his head.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M

Event type
4

Occupation code
869

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