Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 755256 - Employee killed in water truck crash

Accident Summary Nr: 755256 -- Report ID: 0653510 -- Event Date: 08/23/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115138166	08/23/1993	1781	0	Beylik Drilling Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was alone, driving a 1980 GMC Brigadier water truck with a gross vehicle weight of 49,650 lb. The truck did not have a Jacobs brake. Employee #1 was driving down a county mountain road that had a general slope of 6 to 8 percent. At mile post 7, an area where the grade increased to 12 percent, the truck experienced brake fade and lost its brakes entirely. Employee #1 drove the truck up a forest access road for 100 meters where it crashed into a storage shed. Employee #1 was killed by the impact. It has been estimated that he was traveling at a speed of 80 km/hr at the time of the impact.

Keywords: BRAKE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, COLLISION, TRUCK, LOST CONTROL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	115138166			Fatality	Concussion	Drillers, oil well

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