Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14518427 - CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN TRUCK TIPPED OVER

Accident Summary Nr: 14518427 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 06/03/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101784288	06/09/1987	1623	0	Ivy H. Smith

Abstract: EMPLOYEES #1, #2, AND #3 WERE SETTING TELEPHONE POLES WITH A FORD F700 POLE TRUCK. WHEN THEY FINISHED, EMPLOYEES #2 AND #3 GOT INTO THE CAB OF THE TRUCK. EMPLOYEE #1 RODE IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK ON TOP OF A TOOL CABINET. AS THEY WERE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, THE DRIVESHAFT DISENGAGED FROM THE TRANSMISSION. THE FREE END BEGAN BOUNCING ON THE PAVEMENT AND QUICKLY BROKE IN HALF. THE FRONT END OF THE BROKEN SHAFT STABBED INTO THE PAVEMENT, CAUSING THE TRUCK TO TIP OVER ONTO IT'S RIGHT SIDE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH BETWEEN THE BOOM BRACE AND THE PAVEMENT. IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED WHY THE DRIVESHIFT DISENGAGED FROM THE TRANSMISSION. THE COMPANY HAS A PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM FOR ALL OF ITS VEHICLES, AND A GOOD SAFETY PROGRAM. THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE ACCIDENT PROBABLY COULD HAVE BEEN REDUCED IF COMPANY SAFETY RULES REGARDING THE USE OF SEAT BELTS AND PROHIBITION OF RIDERS IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCKS HAD BEEN ENFORCED.

Keywords: UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CRUSHED, SEAT BELT, TRUCK, DRIVE SHAFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101784288	Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
2	101784288	Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported
3	101784288	Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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