OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14540512
M. DEMATTEO CONSTRUCTION CO.
DORCHESTER, MA—
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY AUTOMOBILE DURING ROAD WORK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING ON A MAJOR ROADWAY RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT CLEANING UP DE BRIS WHICH HAD FALLEN FROM THE LEVEL ABOVE THE EMPLOYEE. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, OPERA TING A FRONT END LOADER, WAS HELPING HIM. THE WORK AREA WAS PROTECTED BY A BARRI ER COMPOSED OF FLOURESCENT RUBBER CONES AND A FLASHING ARROW BOARD. AN AUTOMOBIL E RAN THROUGH THE BARRICADES AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE FROM BEHIND, FATALLY INJURI NG HIM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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