OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #868125
AUTOMOBILE,LOST CONTROL
Event description
EMPLOYEE LOSES CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE AND IS KILLED
Investigation abstract
On May 7, 1985, an employee was testing experimental high performance tires whil e driving at approximately 60 mph on a test track. His car slide off the track a nd ran into a drainage ditch. The impact of the crash killed him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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