OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #995621
CONSTRUCTION,FLAGMAN,LOADER,STRUCK BY,ROAD PAVING
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN STRUCK BY A LOADER
Investigation abstract
At 9:40 a.m. on March 19, 1989, Employee #1 was in the process of acting as a fl agman for a highway maintenance crew, working from his normal work position, the shoulder of the road. The task being performed by the crew was the removal of e xcess dirt and debris from the opposite road shoulder. The equipment being used was a dirt loader, a grader, and several dump trucks. The grader would pile up t he dirt and debris. The dirt loader would then pick it up and deposit it into th e dump trucks. Employee #1 was getting the dump trucks in and out of traffic and getting new trucks into position, when he was struck by the dirt loader and hos pitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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