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Municipal Crossing Guard Fatally Injured When Struck by a Motor Vehicle – Massachusetts
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2016/05/09
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Description:On December 15, 2014 a 76-year-old female municipal crossing guard (victim) was fatally injured when she was struck by a motor vehicle while working at unsignalized pedestrian crosswalks within a T-shaped intersection. The victim had just finished crossing a student and stepped into the roadway to get across the street when she was struck by a sport utility vehicle (SUV). The SUV immediately stopped after striking the victim and stayed at the scene. A call was placed for emergency medical services (EMS). EMS and local police arrived within minutes and transported the victim to a local hospital where she died later that same day. Contributing factors identified in this investigation were outdated traffic control signage to warn motorists of crosswalk location, crosswalk markings were starting to fade, and parking was permitted within 20 feet of crosswalks. The Massachusetts FACE Program concluded that to prevent similar occurrences in the future, municipalities should: 1. Ensure that, at a minimum, crosswalk traffic control signage meets the standards set forth in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)
2. Provide crossing guards with American National Standards Institute compliant high-visibility safety apparel and MUTCD compliant STOP paddles to help ensure they're visible to motorists while working along roadways
3. Consider additional measures to ensure crosswalks at unsignalized intersections and mid-block locations are clearly visible to motorists
4. Ensure that crossing guards are provided with initial training and annual refresher training
and 5. Provide work environments for employees that, at a minimum, meet all relevant Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations and industry accepted standards of practice per the Department of Labor Standards policy.
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Pages in Document:1-11
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NIOSHTIC Number:nn:20048687
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NTIS Accession Number:PB2017-100427
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Citation:Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 14MA036, 2016 May;:1-11;
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Federal Fiscal Year:2016
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Performing Organization:Massachusetts State Department of Public Health
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Start Date:2005/07/01
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End Date:2026/06/30
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