OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #690339
SURVEYOR,TRAFFIC ACCIDENT,OBSTRUCTED VIEW,WORK RULES,TRAFFIC CONTROL,TRUCK,STRUCK BY,PICKUP TRUCK
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
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#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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