OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14548101
COLLISION,TRACTOR TRAILER,MOTOR VEHICLE,TRAFFIC ACCIDENT,TRACTOR--TRUCK
Event description
EMPLOYEES INVOLVED IN OFF-HIGHWAY MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #1-4 AND EMPLOYEES #6-8 WERE PASSENGERS IN A COMPANY VEHICLE BEING DRI VEN BY EMPLOYEE #5. THE VEHICLE WAS HEADED TO A GATHERING PLACE ON SPINE ROAD IN PRUDHOE BAY, ALASKA. ON THE WAY, THEIR MINIBUS WAS STRUCK HEAD-ON BY A PETERBUI LT TRACTOR WITH AN EMPTY, 3-AXLE, LOWBOY TRAILER. THE TRAILER WEIGHED APPROXIMAT ELY 24 TO 25 THOUSAND POUNDS. SPINE ROAD IS A MAJOR ROAD IN PRUDHOE BAY, BUT IT IS NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THE SPEED LIMIT WAS POSTED AS 35 MILES PER HOUR BY TH E OWNER OF THE (OFF HIGHWAY) INDUSTRIAL OIL FIELD.
Victims (9)
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 214
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 214
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 214
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Fatality Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 214
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 427
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#6 Hospitalized Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 214
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#7 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 214
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#8 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 214
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#982 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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