Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221562218

E.R. SNELL CONTRACTOR, INC.

Event
Asphalt, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concussion, Construction, Flagger, Fracture, Head, Highway, Highway work zone, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Road, Road Paving, Struck By
NAICS
237310
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#346692908
Employer profile
E.R. SNELL CONTRACTOR, INC.
Summary number
221562218
Report ID
0418100
Project type
B
Construction end-use
I

Event description

Employee dies of head injuries when struck by vehicle

Investigation abstract

At 12:04 a.m. on May 5, 2023, an employee was working as a flagman for a highway injuries including a concussion and a fractured skull that killed him. and bridges contractor. The employee was working on an asphalt crew tasked with paving at an intersection of a boulevard and a drive. The employee was in a traffic control vehicle that was parked in the lot of a bar when he observed a car turning from a state route onto the drive where the crew was working. The employee exited his vehicle and approached the car that had turned onto the drive presumably to stop the vehicle. Instead, the vehicle struck the employee causing him to roll over the top of car, over the hood, onto the windshield and off right side of the car onto the pavement. The employee sustained head

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 59 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    7025

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