Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 160311.015 - Employee is killed when struck by motor vehicle

Accident Summary Nr: 160311.015 -- Report ID: 0352410 -- Event Date: 07/11/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1682384.015	07/11/2023		237130	Bay Country Communications, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:30 p.m. on July 11, 2023, Employee #1 was conducting a fiber optic cable installation along Hudson Road (MD 343) as part of an ongoing broadband internet installation project. Employee #1 was not able to conduct the wire installation from the utility right-of-way and had to park the enclosed trailer from which the fiber optic cable connection was to be made on the westbound travel lane. The work area in the westbound travel lane from which Employee #1 was conducting the work was not marked with signs and traffic control and movement was not being coordinated. Employee #1 had been conducting the fiber optic cable connection for approximately three hours without having a work zone set up around the enclosed trailer. Employee #1 was conducting the fiber optic cable connection from inside or around the enclosed trailer, and a passing passenger Ford F-250 pickup struck the rear of the enclosed trailer, and in the process Employee #1 was struck. Employee #1 sustained multiple internal injuries, resulting in death.

Keywords: Highway work zone, Installing, Internal Injuries, Motor Vehicle, Optical Fiber Cable, Pickup Truck, Struck By, Traffic Accident, Traffic Control, Trailer, Work zone

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Other					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1682384.015	66	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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