OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14202022
HIGHWAY,SPEEDING,DWI,AUTOMOBILE,LOST CONTROL,HIGHWAY SHOULDER,OVERTURN
Event description
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
Investigation abstract
ON SEPT 9,1985, AT ABOUT 2:40 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ENROUTE TO LAKE VIEW, OREGON T IGINAL DIRECTION OF TRAVEL. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON HIGHWAY 140, 36 MILES EAST OF KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON NEAR THE SPRAGUE RIVER HIGHWAY JUNCTION. EMPLOYEE #1 HA D WORKED FOR THE DEPARTMENT FOR 22 YEARS AND WAS KNOWN TO BE A "SOCIAL DRINKER". THE INVESTIGATION DID NOT ESTABLISH EMPLOYER KNOWLEDGE OR A BREAKDOWN IN SUPERV ISORY PRACTICES WHICH COULD BE VIEWED AS CONTRIBUTING TO THE DWI OF EMPLOYEE #1. O PERFORM WEIGHTS AND MEASURES DUTY. WITNESSES STATE THAT EMPLOYEE #1 HAD JUST P ASSED TWO VEHICLES AT A SPEED OF 65 MPH OR MORE. THEY OBSERVED EMPLOYEE #1'S VEH ICLE SWERVE OFF THE EAST BOUND LANE AND TRAVEL SOME 120 FEET ALONG THE SHOULDER BEFORE THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL CAUGHT THE PAVEMENT AGAIN. THE VEHICLE THEN SKIDDED ACROSS THE HIGHWAY UNTIL THE REAR WHEELS CAUGHT IN THE CENTER LINE. THE VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER ONTO IT'S LEFT SIDE AND CONTINUED SKIDDING ACROSS THE WEST BOUND L ANE AND INTO THE DITCH. THE VEHICLE THEN TURNED COMPLETELY OVER, COMING TO REST WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE AGAINST A TELEPHONE POLE AND FACED OPPOSITE FROM IT'S OR
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 63 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 689
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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