Truck Driver Killed After Semi-Trailer Wheel and Tire Cross Median, Strike Windshield

Details

• Personal Author:
  Mosley, Beau
• Corporate Authors:
  Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE) ; University of Kentucky. College of Public Health. Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center
• Description:
  On April 23, 2024, a 55-year-old male commercial truck driver was traveling on a Kentucky interstate when a semi-trailer wheel and tire crossed the median and struck the vehicle he was operating. The victim succumbed to the injuries sustained in the incident. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS - Key contributing factors identified in this investigation include: Mechanical failure. RECOMMENDATIONS - Kentucky investigators concluded that, to help prevent similar occurrences, employers should: Consider installing wheel-separation prevention devices
  
  Consider providing hub and wheel-specific training to their maintenance technicians
  
  Train and require drivers of commercial motor vehicles to conduct thorough equipment inspections and enforce requirement
  
  Consider implementing an auditing process to ensure compliance with company procedures.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Automobiles Mortality Occupational Health Safety Transportation
• Keywords:
  Equipment Maintenance Fatalities Injury Prevention Motor Vehicles OSHA Region 4 Safety Practices Truck Drivers
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Motor Vehicles
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE24KY037
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-16
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20070016
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 24KY037, 2024 Aug ; :1-16
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2024
• Performing Organization:
  University of Kentucky
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  48-49 - Transportation and Warehousing - (NAICS) ; 484110 - General Freight Trucking, Local - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  2005/07/01
• End Date:
  2026/06/30
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8a244406142eaf448503355c94578354a7a351587288377949c6466ebae68badad61db909146706dac66427fa451ff2221536f7ede7fa6b8dd0ccac22abed03c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/164825/cdc_164825_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 891.91 KB ]