OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14264154
AUSTIN ROVER
PHOENIX, AZ·
Event description
One killed, two injured in collision at proving ground
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was the test driver of a prototype car that was being run on an auto motive proving ground. Either he or Employee #2, the driver of a small pickup, s witched tracks and was traveling against traffic when they collided at the crest of a small hill. The car ran off the road down a 30 foot embankment and caught on fire. Employee #1 was probably killed upon impact; Employee #2 was seriously injured. Employee #3, the driver of another test car, was injured when he attemp ted to dodge the accident debris. He lost control of his car, ran off the road, and rolled down an embankment. He was hospitalized.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 59
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 1340
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 40 F
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 806
- Human factor
- 5
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 814
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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