DEPTFORD, NEW JERSEY—
IEW CONSTRUCTION GROUP INC.
Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone, n.e.c. · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at IEW CONSTRUCTION GROUP INC., Highway 42 MP 13 , DEPTFORD, NEW JERSEY 08096 on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was connecting a towable arrow-board to a truck hitch. A car entered the construction zone and struck the arrow-board, knocking it into the employee. The employee suffered leg and facial injuries.
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A road maintenance employee was helping to pick up lane closure equipment while in the basket of a truck. As the basket on the back was raised from the lowered position, the employee's right foot became stuck between the frame of the box truck and the frame of the motorized personnel basket. They sustained four fractures to the right foot.
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