Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 120465.015 - One Employee Is Killed, Two Are Injured When Struck By Vehic

**Accident: 120465.015 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 09/25/2019**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1435964.015	10/01/2019		Plant Improvement Company, Inc.

At 10:53 a.m. on September 25, 2019, Employee #1, Employee #2 and Employee #3 we re excavating a dirt roadway median, on a active two-lane roadway, during a high way construction project. A passing driver, of a 2013 Dodge Avenger, then intru ded into the roadway's median (worksite area), striking the three employees work ing (on foot). Afterward, the vehicle then collided with the front and bucket o f a mini excavator and finally stopped. Employee #1 and Employee #2 were prop elled into the air and landed in a westbound lane, on the roadway. Employee #1 sustained blunt impact injuries and died. Employee #2 received emergency transp ort, was hospitalized and suffered two fractures of the left leg, ligament damag e to the right leg and head/scalp lacerations. Employee #3 was grazed by the ve hicle's side, fell onto the median, and suffered back and wrist strain injuries and a torn meniscus in his right knee.

Keywords: automobile, back, bucket , collapse, construction, construction vehicle, contact, earthmoving equip, emergency response, excavator, fall, flying object, fracture, head, highway, highway work zone, knee, laceration, leg

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition			0	0	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Occupation	Construction
1	1435964.015	41	M	Hospitalized injury	Supervisors, production occupations	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Excavation FatCause:
2	1435964.015	54	M	Fatality	Equipment Operator: Heavy	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Excavation FatCause:
3	1435964.015	19	M	Non Hospitalized injury	Construction laborers	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Excavation FatCause:

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