OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #966523
R.B. POTASHNKICK - GENERAL CONTRACTOR
FT. LAUDERDALE, FL·
Event description
One employee killed, three injured when struck by truck
Investigation abstract
At approximately 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 19, Employees #1 through #4 w ere standing by a lunch wagon parked at a Department of Transportation rest stop . The rest area was close to mile marker 66 on Highway 84 in Broward County and adjacent to a R. B. Potashnick work site. A truck driver lost control of his veh icle while backing up and struck the four workers, killing Employee #1. Employee s #2 through #4 sustained multiple fractures and were hospitalized.
Victims (4)
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#1 Fatality Age 39 F
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 7
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 7
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 7
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 7
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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