Farm Services Driver Killed in Highway Crash—Kentucky

Details

• Personal Author:
  Stumbo, David
• 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:
  At 12:34 p.m., September 5, 2022, a 49-year-old farm services employee was killed when the light-duty pickup truck he was driving was struck by another vehicle. The driver was following his co-worker, who was driving a much larger truck. The larger truck became inoperable and had to stop in the right lane of the highway. The pickup truck was positioned behind the larger truck when it was struck from the rear. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS - Key contributing factors identified in this investigation include: Vehicle position
  
  Lack of safe work procedures
  
  Need for emergency warning devices
  
  Noncommercial operator licensing
  
  Lack of seatbelt use
  
  Workplace substance use. RECOMMENDATIONS - Kentucky investigators concluded that, to help prevent similar occurrences, employers should: 1) Ensure that drivers position vehicles so as to shield them from oncoming traffic. 2) Develop and implement written safe work procedures for drivers. 3) Provide and require the use of portable emergency warning devices when vehicles become stranded in the roadway or are stopped on the shoulder.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Automobiles Mortality Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Workers Drivers Fatalities Injury Prevention Motor Vehicles OSHA Region 4 Safety Practices Vehicle Safety Warning Devices
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Agriculture ; Motor Vehicles ; Motor Vehicles - Dump Truck
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE22KY070
• 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:
  1-10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20069273
• 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 22KY070, 2024 Jan ; :1-10
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2024
• Performing Organization:
  University of Kentucky
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  42 - Wholesale Trade - (NAICS) ; 424910 - Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers - (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:ac2db8dd207dd72d840ab623f8e7a0bdb9a1e13de3bb6451f8b51a8c891adc07f4a74f54191fdf3a9317bb06ff2c5209e59c128e372bde8924788c452471a33a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/164831/cdc_164831_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.30 MB ]