OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14495337
FRACTURE,BRAKE,SPINE,OVERLOADED,LOG TRUCK,FALL,NECK
Event description
FALL FROM OFF-ROAD VEHICLE
Investigation abstract
ON AUGUST 28, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 5:15 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A PETERB THE VEHICLE LOAD EXCEEDED THE GROSS WEIGHT CAPACITY BY 17,000 POUNDS. ILT OFF-ROAD LOGGING TRUCK, MODEL # 385. HE WAS ON A GRAVEL ROAD APPROXIMATELY F IVE MILES SOUTHEAST OF NASHOBA, OKLAHOMA. THE LOGGING TRUCK, WITH A GROSS WEIGHT OF 217,000 POUNDS, HAD TRAVELED 250 FEET UP A HILL WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 STOPPED TO ALLOW A VEHICLE AHEAD OF HIM TO CLEAR THE TOP OF THE HILL. WHEN HE STOPPED, THE VEHICLE BRAKES WOULD NOT HOLD THE VEHICLE. IT BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS DOWN THE H ILL. IT TRAVELLED APPROXIMATELY 250 FEET, THEN JACKNIFED, RAISING THE CAB APPROX IMATELY 18 FEET INTO THE AIR. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS THROWN FROM THE CAB. HE FELL APPRO XIMATELY 18 FEET, LANDING ON A CONCRETE BRIDGE RAMP. HE SUFFERED A BROKEN NECK.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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