OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221611502

D & J ENTERPRISES, INC.

AUBURN, AL— 2023-10-26T00:00:00

Event: Construction, Construction vehicle, Crushed, Distracted, Face, Fracture, Highway work zone, Lost Control, Motor Vehicle, Road, Side View Mirror, Struck By, Traffic Accident
NAICS: 236220
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347065989
Employer profile: D & J ENTERPRISES, INC.
Summary number: 221611502
Report ID: 0418600
Project type: A
Construction end-use: I

Event description

Employee flagging traffic is killed when struck by vehicle

Investigation abstract

At 3:40 p.m. on October 26, 2023, an employee working as a construction laborer was for a commercial and industrial building contractor was flagging traffic for construction vehicles. A northbound vehicle veered off the roadway and across the white line and struck the distracted employee with its passenger side mirror. The employee sustained crushing injuries to her face causing multiple fractures and was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 36 F

Event type
1

Occupation code
869

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