OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221375587
HEMPSTEAD SANITARY DISTRICT 1
LAWRENCE, NY·
Event description
Employee is killed after being thrown from truck in accident
Investigation abstract
At 5:30 a.m. on July 23, 2021, an employee who operated a sanitation vehicle was killed after being struck by a truck. The employee had been riding on rear step of a refuse vehicle as a coworker drove the vehicle to the next stop. A truck hit the refuse vehicle causing the employee to be thrown to the ground. The employee incurred multiple blunt force traum to his body from impact with the pavement and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 67 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 889
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