OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221398795

DIRECT & CORRECT, INC

DOVER, DE· 2021-08-24T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Construction, Contusion, Distracted, Fracture, Highway work zone, Hip, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Road, Struck By, Traffic Accident, Traffic Control, Unsafe Position, Vehicle, Work zone
NAICS: 488490
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345563910
Employer profile: DIRECT & CORRECT, INC
Summary number: 221398795
Report ID: 0317300
Project type: C
Construction end-use: I

Event description

Employee flagging along roadway breaks hip when struck by ca

Investigation abstract

At 10:30 a.m. on August 24, 2021, an employee working as a flagman for a support activity for road transportation was stopping traffic. A vehicle did not see the employee and struck him. The employee was hospitalized to treat a broken hip.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 64 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
7025

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