Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in road work zone · Multiple surface and flesh wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Gras Lawn LLC, Gilbert Dr, BENSALEM, PENNSYLVANIA 19020
on — Multiple surface and flesh wounds, affecting the Upper and lower extremities n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was in a coned-off work area on a street, performing a granular turf application. While he was standing between his spreader machine and a truck, loading the spreader with bags of fertilizer, a car drove by and struck the spreader. The employee was pinned between the spreader and the truck and suffered bruises, scratches, and cuts to his legs (particularly the left knee), arms (particularly the right elbow), and left shoulder. He was hospitalized.
Hospitalized Upper and lower extremities n.e.c. Automobile
A flagger was directing traffic flow in a highway work zone. They were standing approximately 1.5 feet behind the shoulder's demarcating line, next to and slightly behind a traffic drum. As they were directing traffic into and out of the driveway of a parking lot, a car attempted to get around a truck and struck the traffic drum, which subsequently struck the employee, who was thrown 15 feet and landed on top of concrete aggregate. The employee suffered pelvic and rib fractures, T10 and L3 vertebra fractures, and internal bleeding.
An employee was picking up a traffic closure when an 18-wheeler rear-ended the truck-mounted attenuator (TMA). The impact spun the TMA sideways and forward; it struck the employee before impacting the barrier wall. The employee sustained a concussion to the right side of the forehead and a fractured left femur.
An employee was installing material on a utility pole before setting the pole into the ground. A vehicle entered the work area and struck the pole. The utility pole struck the employee in the leg and they were hospitalized with a fractured leg.
A construction crew was working on a bore section that crossed under an interstate. One of them was crossing the interstate, and was in the center median next to a cable barrier, when a tire came off a trailer being hauled by a truck and struck his left side. He suffered fractures to his leg and left hip, as well as lacerations to his body and lower abdomen. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was working on the protected side of a jersey barrier when a metal pipe (10 feet x 6 inches) fell off a passing commercial truck. The pipe was struck by another passing vehicle and was launched over the barrier. The employee was struck by the pipe, resulting in a fractured pelvis.
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