OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #733030
BROWNING-FERRIS INDUSTRIES
VALLEY CITY, OH·
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND KILLED BY PASSING VEHICLE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, EMPLOYED AS A TRASH COLLECTOR, WAS CARRYING PLASTIC BAGS OF TRASH T O THE TRUCK WHEN HE WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY A VEHICLE TRAVELLING IN THE OPPOSIT E DIRECTION OF THE TRASH TRUCK. AT THE TIME HE WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY IN THE MIDDLE OF A TWO LANE HIGHWAY. THE ROAD WAS DRY, BUT IT WAS STILL DARK (AT 7 AM). THE TRASH TRUCK HAD ITS HEADLIGHTS AND FLASHERS ON AT THE TIME. DEATH WAS CAUSE D BY CEREBAL LACERATIONS, COMPOUND SKULL FRACTURES AND SEVERING OF THE LEFT LEG.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 1
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