Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 771634 - Employee killed in single car accident

Accident Summary Nr: 771634 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 08/03/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108866781	08/04/1995	4311	0	U.S. Postal Service

Abstract: Employee #1 was working as an alternate rural route mail carrier on a route familiar to him on a bright, sunny day. He was driving a surplus postal vehicle with the driver's door open. Employee #1, who was not wearing his seat belt, swerved to miss three white fence posts on the right side of the road. The vehicle went across the road and into a deep bar ditch. Employee #1 was ejected from the vehicle and into the bar ditch on the left side of the road, which contained approximately 2 ft of water. The vehicle landed on top of Employee #1. He apparently drowned.

Keywords: EJECTED, TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, VEHICLE, DITCH, PINNED, WORK RULES, SEAT BELT, DROWN, WATER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108866781			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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