Pedestrian struck by vehicle propelled by another vehicle in work zone · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Archer Western Construction, LLC, SB I-95 NW 62ND Street, MIAMI, FLORIDA 33142
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was standing in a work zone next to his sweeper truck that had just been filled with water from a water truck parked adjacent to it when a vehicle driving the wrong way entered the work zone and collided with the trucks. The employee was struck by the vehicle and/or debris from the struck vehicles and suffered a broken leg, bruises, and road rash.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedTruck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
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