Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14431621 - Employee killed as truck overturns down bank

Accident Summary Nr: 14431621 -- Report ID: 0830100 -- Event Date: 08/10/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101442200	09/08/1988	0851	0	Bureau Of Indian Affairs

Abstract: Employees were fighting a grass fire with a Dodge 350, 1 ton flatbed stake truck equipped with a Wajax-Pacific BX-10S slip-on 250 gallon pump unit. The driver of the vehicle backed up and stopped on an approximately 15 degree slope at a point about 10 ft from a bank that dropped off at a 60 degree angle. Employee #1 was standing in the back of the vehicle, hosing down the fire line, when the driver set the emergency brake and left the motor running with the transmission in neutral. The driver was instructed to get out and check for hot spots in front of the vehicle. The vehicle rolled back over the bank and overturned, crushing Employee #1 underneath and killing him.

Keywords: FIREFIGHTER, CRUSHED, UNMANNED, FLATBED TRUCK, SLOPE, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101442200			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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