OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221715055

CENTURY TRAFFIC, LLC

TOMAH, WI— 2024-11-01T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Driver, Neck, Pelvis, Rib, Struck Against, Struck By, Traffic Accident, Vehicle
NAICS: 237310
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347858607
Employer profile: CENTURY TRAFFIC, LLC
Summary number: 221715055
Report ID: 0523300
Project type: C
Construction end-use: I

Event description

Employee is struck by vehicle and is killed

Investigation abstract

At 9:30 p.m. on November 1, 2024, Employee #1, working as a groover operator foreman for a highway and roadway marking company, was operating Groover Machine #127 in the outside lane of Interstate 90 Eastbound near mile marker 46. The employee was unexpectedly struck by a distracted driver and sustained fatal blunt force trauma, including injuries to the neck, multiple ribs, sternum, pelvis, and upper and lower extremities. The employee was killed at the scene.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 35 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
7028

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