Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14204655 - ONE EMPLOYEE KILLED IN HIGHWAY VEHICLE ACCIDENT

Accident Summary Nr: 14204655 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 08/06/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
3148327	08/22/1986	4213	0	Northwest Contract Carriers Inc

Abstract: The accident occurred at 1:25 p.m. on August 6, 1986, on Oregon state highway 58 two miles east of Pleasant Hill, Oregon. Employee #1 and his 14-year-old son were traveling east in a truck-trailer rig carrying a load of paper goods on the section of level straight built-up roadway at the time of the accident. The passenger stated that his father was looking away to the north and turned the steering wheel slightly to the right which, caused the vehicle to leave the road-way, and traveled down a 30 foot bank striking some cottonwood trees. Employee #1 and the passenger were ejected from the cab. Employee #1 was pinned by a tree to the vehicle and was burned in the fire that consumed the vehicle.

Keywords: BURN, PINNED, CAUGHT BETWEEN, SEAT BELT, TRACTOR TRAILER, LOST CONTROL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3148327			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Truck drivers, heavy

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