Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Grant Sheet Metal, Inc., 990 Town & Country Blvd, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77024
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the multiple body parts, unspecified.
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Final narrative
Two employees were working as flaggers for a construction site and were assisting a truck driver back out of the site. As the truck was backing out onto the service road, a motorist struck one of the flaggers who was in the street. The employee received head and bodily injuries. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, unspecifiedHighway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
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