OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221404700

VILLAGE OF BOLINGBROOK - PUBLIC WORKS

BOLINGBROOK, IL· 2021-10-20T00:00:00

Event: Construction, Head, Highway, Highway work zone, Road, Struck By, Surveyor, Traffic Accident, Traffic Control, Traumatic
NAICS: 541330
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345598379
Employer profile: VILLAGE OF BOLINGBROOK - PUBLIC WORKS
Summary number: 221404700
Report ID: 0551701
Project type: C
Construction end-use: I

Event description

Employee working in roadway is struck following collision an

Investigation abstract

At 9:15 a.m. on October 20, 2021, two employees were working for a municipality's public works department. One was working as a civil engineer. He and the other employee were surveying a roadway in advance of making repairs. A support vehicle was behind the civil engineer, following him. It was struck by another vehicle. The support vehicle lunged forward and struck the civil engineer. He suffered head trauma. He was hospitalized. The narrative provided no information about the other employee, other than saying that the other employee was not hospitalized. Possibly, he was in the support vehicle.

Victims (2)

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 63 M

Event type
1
#2 Hospitalized Age 58 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
7007

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