Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 793075 - EMPLOYEE KILLED IN TRACTOR TRAILER ACCIDENT

Accident Summary Nr: 793075 -- Report ID: 1054118 -- Event Date: 06/20/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126706530	06/26/1997	1611	0	Oral A Chaney

Abstract: On June 26, 1997, Employee #1 was operating a tractor with a low boy trailer transporting a large bulldozer. He was driving on a narrow county road. As he approached a downhill curve on the roadway, he failed to negotiate it. Employee #1 may have been driving too fast for the conditions. The tractor trailer went airborne over an embankment. After the tractor and trailer came to rest, Employee #1 was pinned inside the cab. He died at the scene.

Keywords: PINNED, ROLL-OVER, SPEEDING, TORSO, TRACTOR TRAILER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Other		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126706530			Fatality	Fracture	Truck drivers, heavy	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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