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Accident Summary Nr: 14277123 - EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY TRAFFIC BARREL

Accident Summary Nr: 14277123 -- Report ID: 0112300 -- Event Date: 11/09/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2064426	11/13/1984	1623	0	Forte Bros Inc

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1, A LABORER WAS ASSIGNED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT TO TEST A SEWER LINE ON DIAMOND HILL RD., CUMBERLAND RI. EMPLOYEE PLACED A TRAFFIC BARREL ADJACENT TO THE MANHOLE #2M REMOVED THE SEWER COVER ENTERED THE MANHOLE. A MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVELING IN THE NORTHBOUND LANE, STRUCK THE TRAFFIC BARREL. THE BARREL THEN STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS HALF WAY OUT OF THE MANHOLE, IN THE HEAD. THE EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVED TO RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED ONE HOUR LATER.

Keywords: SEWER, HEAD, HIGHWAY, TRAFFIC BARREL, VEHICLE, MANHOLE, MOTOR VEHICLE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2064426			Fatality	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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