OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14301113
MCBRYDE SUGAR CO LTD
ELEELE, HI·
Event description
TRUCK TRACTOR CAB OVERTURNED; DRIVER INJURED
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DRIVING A 1981 KENWORTH TRUCK TRACTOR, TOWING A LOADED TRAILER O N CAVE HALL ROAD. HE WENT INTO A SLIGHT CURVE TO THE LEFT WHEN THE WHEELS OF THE SEMI TRAILER CLIMBED A VERY SOFT DIRT EMBANKMENT. THE TRAILER OVERTURNED ONCE A ND BECAME DETACHED FROM THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK THEN FLIPPED OVER TWICE ON THE STEE P EMBANKMENT AND LANDED APPROXIMATELY 60 FEET BELOW IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION. THE DRIVER SUFFERED MULTIPLE INJURIES, INCLUDING A DISLOCATED LEFT FOOT, A FRACTURED LEFT TIBIA AND NUMEROUS CONTUSIONS AND LACERATIONS. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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