OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221395684

UNADILLA TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT

GREGORY, MI· 2021-09-07T00:00:00

Event: Ankle, Automobile, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Branch, Fire Fighter, Fracture, Leg, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Removing, Road, Struck By, Traffic Accident, Tree Branch, Unsafe Position
NAICS: 922160
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345549539
Employer profile: UNADILLA TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT
Summary number: 221395684
Report ID: 0552652

Event description

Employee fractures lower legs, ankles when struck by car in

Investigation abstract

At 8:00 p.m. on September 7, 2021, an employee working as a fire fighter for a fire department was performing an act of a Good Samaritan. He had stopped on the side of the road to remove a branch from the roadway when he was struck by an oncoming vehicle. The employee was hospitalized to treat fractures to his lower legs and ankles. The incident was determined to be non-work related.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 60 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
7022

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