Truck Driver Falls from Tanker Truck to His Death

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• 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 May 14, 2014, at 10:30 am, a 56-year-old tanker driver arrived at an oil distribution plant with 6,000 gallons of oil. He backed into the garage bay with the guidance of an employee at the distribution plant. The victim exited the cab, climbed onto the top of the tanker, and began the process of venting the oil tanker compartments. The employee was in the bay area, but the driver was not in his sightline. The employee heard the sound of the victim falling approximately 10 feet on to the concrete floor below, went to investigate the noise and found the victim injured on the ground. The oil plant employee then summoned help from other workers. EMS was notified and the victim was transported by helicopter to the nearest local trauma center where he died the following day. To prevent future occurrences of similar incidents, the following recommendations have been made: Recommendation No. 1: Employers requiring employees to access the top of tankers must provide adequate fall protection. Recommendation No. 2: Employers should consider equipping their tanker trucks with rail systems.
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Automobiles Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Author Keywords: Tankers Drivers Fall-protection Fall Protection Falls Injuries Injury-prevention Motor-vehicles OSHA Region 4 Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety-programs Safety Railing On Tankers Tanker Venting Safety Training Traumatic-injuries Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Motor Vehicles
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE14KY021
• 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:
  1-7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20045924
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2015-104088
• 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 14KY021, 2015 Feb ; :1-7
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  University of Kentucky
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  23 - Construction - (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:de26a5d7a914597dcce5717187dd2701d57967c22f11e7a158cb9978cb34a0c0a674efcc64c8185e544468befe6e55279e7f101cb87169f5f47f1cecfd82fe6f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/165079/cdc_165079_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 571.44 KB ]