OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #827295
CONSTRUCTION,COLLISION,AUTOMOBILE,STRUCK BY
Event description
Employee killed when struck by automobile
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a construction worker, was working in a 12 ft by 12 ft by 16 in. de ep hole in a closed section of the right lane of pavement. The traffic was using the open left lane. The driver of a passing automobile decided to change lanes and entered the closed right lane to avoid missing his exit. The automobile ran into the construction area, hitting and killing Employee #1.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 594
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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