Truck Driver Dies When Tractor-Trailer Overturns After Leaving Road

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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:
  In the early morning hours of a spring day around 5:45 a.m., a 55-year-old male truck driver was driving south on an interstate transporting sheet metal. It is unknown how long he had been driving when he exited from the highway, traveled partially up the ramp, and struck the left side guard rail. The truck left the road, traveled down an embankment and overturned onto its roof. A passing motorist called emergency medical services. The driver was extricated by mechanical means and declared dead at the scene. To prevent future occurrences of similar incidents, the following recommendations have been made: Recommendation No. 1: Employers should provide training to drivers on the importance of being attentive and not engaging in distracting tasks or behaviors while driving. Recommendation No. 2: Semi tractor-trailer drivers should be trained to recognize signs of fatigue and drowsiness and when to seek appropriate rest areas. Recommendation No. 3: Places for truck drivers to stop and rest should be located at regular intervals along interstates that are heavily traveled by trucks.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Automobiles Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Staff Development Transportation
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Author Keywords: Driver Distraction Driver Fatigue Drivers Injuries Injury-prevention Motor-vehicles OSHA Region 4 Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Training Transportation-workers Traumatic-injuries Truck Parking

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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/NIOSHSFACE12KY011
• 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:
  1-6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20045604
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2015-102771
• 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 12KY011, 2013 May ; :1-6
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Performing Organization:
  University of Kentucky
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  48-49 - Transportation and Warehousing - (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-512:7fa1a96d3800b14ae12f858eaba30a8e8216967212714a51bef7fa1005e15255396a3e9ac194949bb23c3fbefced740335017fb31a3a7f0ffb132885a4fc79d8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/165114/cdc_165114_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.24 MB ]