OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #779918
HART CONCRETE CUTTING
LAS VEGAS, NV·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN STRUCK BY SPEEDING TRUCK
Investigation abstract
AN UNIDENTIFIED MOTORIST IN A WHITE FORD PICKUP TRUCK WAS DRIVING WEST ON SPRING MOUNTAIN ROAD AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THE MOTORIST CRASHED THROUGH CONSTRUCTIO N BARRICADES AND CROSSED THE SIDEWALK, STREET MEDIAN, AND TWO SETS OF RAILROAD T RACKS WHICH WERE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN A PARKED VEH ICLE AND THE MOVING TRUCK IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITE. HE R ECEIVED INJURIES TO HIS HEAD AND OTHER BODY PARTS. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO UNIVERS ITY HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE. THE ACCIDENT IS UNDER METRO POLICE HIT AND RUN INVEST IGATION.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 5
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 2
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