Roadway collision-moving in same direction · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Berto Construction Inc., 625 Leesville Avenue, RAHWAY, NEW JERSEY 07065
on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the multiple trunk locations.
Final narrative
The safety cones closing off a lane of traffic were being cleaned up at the end of a shift. An employee was in the basket of the traffic control truck, picking up the cones, when a passing SUV crashed into a guide rail and then into the truck. The employee suffered a head laceration, internal injuries and bleeding, and a fractured pelvis.
HospitalizedMultiple trunk locationsTruck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
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