OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221626195

EAST FISHKILL POLICE DEPARTMENT

HOPEWELL JUNCTION, NY· 2023-12-18T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Collision, Driving, Emergency Response, Fracture, Head, Law Enforcement, Lost Control, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Police, Skull, Struck Against, Struck By, Tree, Tree Branch, Weather
NAICS: 922120
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347177651
Employer profile: EAST FISHKILL POLICE DEPARTMENT
Summary number: 221626195
Report ID: 0253610

Event description

Employee is killed in motor vehicle collision with tree

Investigation abstract

At 6:00 p.m. on December 18, 2023, an employee working as a law enforcement officer for a city police department had responded to a pedestrian vs. motor vehicle collision outside the police station. The employee was driving his vehicle to follow the injured pedestrian to the hospital when he lost control and went off the roadway into a wooded area. A tree branch broke through the driver side window and struck the employee. The employee sustained blunt force trauma to his head and neck, a laceration on his neck and a basal skull fracture, which killed him. The narrative indicated that weather was a factor in the accident.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 47 M

Event type
6

Occupation code
7030

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