OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14447593
NC DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
DUNN, NC—
Event description
STRUCK BY MOTOR VEHICLE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING IN THE EASTBOUND LANE OF A BRIDGE, WATCHING A DEPARTMEN T OF TRANSPORTATION TRUCK SPREADING SAND ON THE ICY WESTBOUND LANE. A 1980 BUICK BEGAN TO CROSS THE BRIDGE, BUT STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 AND KNOCKED HIM OVER THE BRID GE RAILING ONTO AN EMBANKMENT. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED OF INJURIES TO HIS NECK AND UPPE R BODY. HE WAS NOT WEARING A WARNING VEST AT THE TIME HE WAS STRUCK.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 558
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 1
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