OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14204630
HEAD,ROLL-OVER,SPEEDING,SLIP,CRUSHED,TRUCK,TRACTOR--TRUCK,LOGGING,LOST CONTROL
Event description
SPEEDING LUMBER TRUCK RAN OFF ROAD, ROLLED OVER, DRIVER DEAD
Investigation abstract
AT 12:10 PM ON JUNE 24, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DRIVING A HEAVY TRACTOR TRUCK, PUL AIN ROAD WAS CLOSED FOR BRIDGE REPAIRS. LING A SET OF LOADED LUMBER TRAILERS. THE TRUCK FAILED TO NEGOTIATE A CURVE ON R OW RIVER ROAD (LANE CO. RD. 2400) AT MILE POST 7, EAST OF COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON. THE EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING EAST TO WEST. HE ENTERED A POSTED 35 MPH CORNER AT ABO UT 50 MPH. (ESTIMATION BASED ON THE ENGINE TAC CHART.) THE EMPLOYEE SUFFERED FAT AL HEAD INJURIES WHEN HIS VEHICLE ROLLED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD INTO A D RAW. THE TRUCK'S CAB-OVER-ENGINE COLLAPSED FROM THE FRONT TO THE BACK. THE CORNE R WHERE THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED IS PART OF A ROADWAY FILL ACROSS A CREEK DRAW, AND HAS VERY LITTLE SHOULDER. THE ROAD TAKEN BY THE EMPLOYEE WAS A DETOUR, AS THE M
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 13
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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