Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) for Michigan: Worker Dies as a Result of Being Struck and Pinned Between Two Vehicles While Repairing Potholes
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) for Michigan: Worker Dies as a Result of Being Struck and Pinned Between Two Vehicles While Repairing Potholes
On Monday, January 13, 2003, at approximately 11:40 a.m., a 40-year old male worker repairing a road with cold patch was momentarily pinned between the cold patch truck he was shoveling cold patch from and the backup vehicle pulling the flasher board warning arrow signaling drivers to stay back from the work crew. He collapsed and died on January 15, 2003, at the hospital where he had been taken after his injury as he was preparing to leave the hospital. Recommendations: (1) The employer should develop and provide periodic training that ensures that employees recognize the hazards associated with their work and the consequences of becoming complacent regarding those hazards. (2) The employer should install after market devices (i.e., camera, radar, and sonar) on construction vehicles and equipment to help monitor the presence of workers on foot in blind areas. (3) Employers should ensure that safe work procedures are in place for the use of mobile construction vehicles, a spotter is designated to direct movement of these vehicles, and drivers are in communication with workers on foot.
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Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) for Michigan: Worker Dies as a Result of Being Struck and Pinned Between Two Vehicles While Repairing Potholes
2007
13 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Public Health & Industrial Medicine , Environmental Health & Safety , Highway Engineering , Industrial Safety Engineering , Accident investigation , Occupational safety and health , Fatalities , Construction workers , Road construction , Michigan , Accident analysis , Injuries , Work operations , Equipment operators , Motor vehicles , Hazards , Accident prevention , Safety equipment , Recommendations