OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #943696
W. E. BLACKMON CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
LELAND, NC·
Event description
Backhoe operator driving on highway is struck by automobile
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, the backhoe operator, was transporting a rubber tire backhoe from a automobile did not have its lights turned on at the time of the impact. job site to the field office. Employee #1 left the job site at approximately 6: 30 p.m. and had traveled through Wilmington, crossed the new bridge, and at appr oximately 6:55 p.m. was about 1/4 mile from the Brunswick River Bridge on US Rou te 17. The backhoe was struck in the rear by an automobile traveling approximate ly 55 mph. The impact jarred Employee #1, causing bruises and strains. The autom obile sustained heavy damage and its driver was killed. Employee #1 was wearing a seat belt and the backhoe was traveling with all lights burning, including hea dlights, red rear/brake lights, amber flashing lights, and rear work lights. The
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 23 Male
- Nature of injury
- Strain/Sprain (20)
- Part of body
- MULTIPLE (19)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- MATERIALS HANDLG EQ. (27)
- Occupation
- Construction laborers (869)
- Human factor
- INSUFF/LACK/WRITN WRK PRAC PROG. (18)
- Environmental factor
- ILLUMINATION (14)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.