Details:

• Corporate Authors:
  Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE) ; Michigan State University. Department of Medicine. Occupational and Environmental Medicine

  Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE) ; Michigan State University. Department of Medicine. Occupational and Environmental Medicine Less -
• Description:
  In late winter/early spring 2015 a male truck driver in his 40s was run over when attempting to free the frozen rear passenger side brakes of a dump truck. The brake was frozen due to cold winter weather. The decedent was asked by a coworker to free up the brake while he watched "how it was done". The decedent asked his coworker to chock the tire and take off the air brake. The truck was on a slight incline so his coworker chocked the back of the front right tire. His coworker released the air brake but did not take the truck out of drive. The decedent was using a small sledge hammer to tap on the brake drum. When the brake popped free, the truck rolled forward, over the decedent and his coworker's leg. The truck came to rest across the street against a wall. Emergency response was called. He was declared dead at the scene. Contributing factors: MIFACE identified the following key and possibly contributing factors: 1. The truck was parked in the public works yard for an extended period of time in adverse weather conditions. 2. The truck was running, transmission in gear, and one wheel chocked in only one direction while the task was performed. 3. No standard operating procedure to minimize the likelihood of stuck/frozen brakes. Recommendations: MIFACE investigators concluded that, to help prevent similar occurrences, employers should: 1. Establish written standard operating procedures to minimize the possibility of brakes freezing. 2. Develop safe work practices and train truck drivers and other appropriate personnel to safely free stuck/frozen truck or other vehicle brakes.
• Subjects:
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  Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
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  Accidents Cold Environments Cold Weather Operations Fatalities Injuries Motor Vehicles OSHA Region 5 Traumatic Injuries Truck Drivers Trucking
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  All (0000) ; Motor Vehicles (0016)

  All (0000) ; Motor Vehicles (0016) Less -
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE15MI061
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 5

  Michigan ; OSHA Region 5 Less -
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  20057057
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2019-101379
• 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 15MI061, 2018 Dec; :1-11
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Performing Organization:
  Michigan State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  92 - Public Administration - (NAICS 2022)
• Start Date:
  2005/07/01
• End Date:
  2026/06/30
• Resource Number:
  FACE-15MI061
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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  urn:sha-512:4364344d0d32b0e3e5aea59a0abd0216b21533a4035a44c517661839770970ab273313fcee61f06adbb03128a6ab69489004b7d676a90cdbf82eab94ccdddbb6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/164942/cdc_164942_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF-863.31 KB]