17-Year-Old Pizza Delivery Driver Killed in a Motor Vehicle Accident

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• Personal Author:
  Bost, Patrick ; Bresnitz, Eddy A. ; Ludwig, Gary ; O'Hagan, Emily ; Schill, Donald P. ; Valiante, David J.
• Corporate Authors:
  New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE) ; New Jersey. Department of Health and Senior Services. Occupational Health Service
• Description:
  On April 19, 2002, a 17-year-old pizza delivery driver was killed in a motor vehicle accident while on a delivery run. The victim was working his first night at a small independent pizzeria that was located in a suburban area. He was making his second delivery of the evening, driving to deliver a pizza to a private home about a mile from the pizzeria. It was raining heavily as he navigated a 30 mph "S" turn in the road. He lost control of his vehicle and spun out, striking a tree alongside the road. Police and EMS units arrived and transported him to the local hospital, where he died later that evening after undergoing surgery. NJ FACE investigators recommend following these safety guidelines to prevent future incidents: 1. Minors under the age of 18 should not be permitted to drive a motor vehicle for work as per Federal child labor laws. 2. Car owners should ensure that their vehicles are in proper operating condition. 3. Employers should become familiar with available resources on safety standards and safe work practices.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Automobiles Food Handling Food Industry Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Drivers Food-services Injuries Injury-prevention Motor-vehicles Occupational-hazards Occupational-safety-programs OSHA Region 2 Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety-programs Traumatic-injuries Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Motor Vehicles ; Youth ; Prevention through Design (PtD)
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE02NJ021
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New Jersey ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  9 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026721
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2010-112434
• 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 02NJ021, 2003 Jan ; :1-9
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Performing Organization:
  New Jersey Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  72 - Accommodation and Food Services - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2005/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:06de0e22b95fadc8422944e55236cdcf5ad9259d4db6e1725367f6b401d5d2ae11a260abe33331e8ae64fe361ed4454399b76aea7d9c4aae7fde901337d63630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/169224/cdc_169224_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.14 KB ]