Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170047971 - Employee killed in collision

Accident Summary Nr: 170047971 -- Report ID: 1055320 -- Event Date: 08/30/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111247037	09/23/1991	1781	0	B & J Drilling Co

Abstract: Employee #1 was moving a 1954 G.I. 6-wheel truck with an attached cable well drilling rig. Traveling north on S.R. 202 to the next drilling site, the truck failed to stop for a red traffic light an intersection, and collided with another vehicle traveling east. Both vehicles went off the N.E. side of the intersection and caught on fire, burning both vehicles and their occupants. Employee #1 was killed. The truck was found to have defective brakes. The NTSB highway safety engineer also investigated.

Keywords: BURN, TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, BRAKE, FIRE, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, COLLISION, TRUCK, TRUCK DRIVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111247037			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported

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