OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #690339

MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DIST. 5)

BROOKLYN CENTER, MN· 1986-12-30T14:30:00

Event: SURVEYOR, TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, OBSTRUCTED VIEW, WORK RULES, TRAFFIC CONTROL, TRUCK, STRUCK BY, PICKUP TRUCK
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #104566294
Employer profile: MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DIST. 5)
Summary number: 690339
Report ID: 552700

Event description

SURVEY CREW MEMBER STRUCK AND KILLED BY PICKUP TRUCK

Investigation abstract

AT APPROXIMATELY 2:30 PM ON DECEMBER 30, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1, A MEMBER OF A SURVEY CREW, WAS STANDING ON THE SHOULDER OF THE LEFT LANE OF EASTBOUND INTERSTATE 94. HE WAS STANDING WITH HIS LEFT SHOULDER FACING ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHILE HE LOOKED THROUGH A RIGHT ANGLE INSTRUMENT AND GAVE DIRECTIONS TO A FELLOW CREW MEMBER. TH E OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING STAKES ABOUT 88 FEET AWAY. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STRUCK A ND KILLED BY A PICKUP TRUCK. THE TRUCK DRIVER'S VISION WAS PARTIALLY OBSTRUCTED BY A WESTWARD CURVE IN THE HIGHWAY. NO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES WERE IN USE. HOWE VER, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WEARING A REFLECTIVE VEST.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 26 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
29

Occupation code
63

Human factor
9

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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