Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14482715 - Employee killed, another injured in runaway truck accident

Accident Summary Nr: 14482715 -- Report ID: 0316400 -- Event Date: 12/13/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
116234105	12/15/1994	1623	0	Carl Smith, Inc.

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were driving on an abandoned strip mine access road in a flatbed truck loaded with bales of hay/straw when the truck lost its brakes. Employee #2, the driver, was unable to control the runaway truck. He told Employee #1, the passenger, to jump from the vehicle at the same time as he (Employee #2) did. Employee #1 failed to jump from the vehicle as it rolled 120 ft into a ravine, and was thrown from the truck as it rolled over. Employee #1 was found under the cab of the truck, crushed to death. Employee #2 was hospitalized.

Keywords: EJECTED, BRAKE, ROLL-OVER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, STEEP GRADE, CRUSHED, FLATBED TRUCK, TRUCK DRIVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	116234105			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Truck drivers, heavy
2	116234105			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers

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