OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221501935

TN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION - REGION 4 - BRIDGE INSPECTORS

MEMPHIS, TN— 2022-09-30T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Highway, Inspecting, Struck By, Vehicle, Warning Sign
NAICS: 237310
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346262033
Employer profile: TN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION - REGION 4 - BRIDGE INSPECTORS
Summary number: 221501935
Report ID: 0454735

Event description

Employee is killed when struck by vehicle

Investigation abstract

At 1:15 p.m. on September 30, 2022. an employee was inspecting the overhead signs on a highway when he crossed the interstate and dropped his phone. When the employee went back to get the phone, he was struck and killed by a passing vehicle.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 33 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
35

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