OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221699622

WASHINGTON SUBURBAN SANITARY COMMISSION

SILVER SPRING, MD— 2024-09-08T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Clamp, Motor Vehicle, Pipe, Struck Against, Struck By, Traffic Accident, Vehicle
NAICS: 237110
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347739765
Employer profile: WASHINGTON SUBURBAN SANITARY COMMISSION
Summary number: 221699622
Report ID: 0352460
Project type: C
Construction end-use: M

Event description

Employee monitoring pipe repair is struck by vehicle; fatall

Investigation abstract

At 4:30 a.m. on September 8, 2024, Employee #1 was monitoring a contractor who was repairing an underground water pipe. While crossing the street adjacent to the work site to retrieve a pipe clamp from their work vehicle, Employee #1 was struck by an oncoming civilian vehicle. Employee #1 was pronounced dead at the site. A second employee was treated without hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 39 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
0

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