OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14476709
THE W. G. FAIRFIELD CO.
DAYTON, OH—
Event description
One killed, two injured when truck crashes through barricade
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 through #3, all electricians, were preparing to wire a highway sign for a new exit ramp that was not yet in use. A semi-tractor trailer drove onto the ramp through drums and a wooden barricade. It struck five vehicles and then Employee #1, killing him. Employee #2 was standing on a 1-ton flatbed truck when it was hit; he sustained injuries when he was thrown to the pavement. Employee #3 was struck by a piece of the barricade.
Victims (4)
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 22
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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