Fatality Narrative: Worker Changing Flat Tire Struck by Passing Vehicle

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• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  On July 21, 2003, a garage door installer was struck and killed by a passing motor vehicle while he was changing a flat tire on his vehicle that was parked on the shoulder of a road. The victim was a 46-year-old male employed by a garage door installation company who was driving his pickup truck between jobs when his left rear tire went flat. He pulled his vehicle on to the shoulder of a two-lane rural road and began changing the tire. He was struck by a vehicle that swerved from the lane of traffic onto the shoulder. State Patrol reported that the victim was parked legally and the driver swerved onto the shoulder due to inattentiveness while reaching for an object in the vehicle. This incident happened at about 11:20 AM on a dry, straight roadway with good visibility. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Automobiles Construction Industry Education Emergencies Mortality Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Staff Development

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• Keywords:
  Accident Prevention Construction Construction Equipment Emergency Equipment Equipment Maintenance Equipment Operation Equipment Operators Equipment Reliability Fatalities Hazards Motor Vehicles Protective Equipment Protective Measures Safety Education Safety Measures Safety Practices Training Traumatic Injuries Workers Worker Safety

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• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Publisher:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20051902
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 71-21-2004, 2004 Aug; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Fatality narrative: worker changing flat tire struck by passing vehicle
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:55b241b2338e1b54be5deeb84b7e6673ee52c169d4dafb90563b6b66455d9a0cbc8ef14b0ddbe456c8a4ff600cba06b43d438d6878eb0fc11c92aa1d04af05a5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228852/cdc_228852_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 24.33 KB ]