Truck Driver Killed in Vehicle Overturn in Wyoming

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Wyoming Fatal Accident Circumstances and Epidemiology Project (Wyoming FACE) ; Wyoming Occupational Fatality Analysis Program
• Description:
  A 51 year old female truck driver died from injuries received when the truck she was driving overturned while negotiating a curve on an Interstate highway near an old Overland Trail crossing. The victim was driving a semi-tractor with a single truck trailer loaded with refrigerated goods, on icy blacktop highway under dark and windy conditions. Her speed was estimated at approximately ten miles per hour over the posted limit, traveling downhill into a right hand turn. The driver lost control of the truck which left the roadway and jackknifed to the right, then tipped onto its left side, lifting the trailer and fifth wheel off the ground. The tractor then rotated clockwise 1/2 turn, landed on its cab and slid 55', coming to rest on the roof, pinning the victim, who was unbelted, inside near the driving area. Employers may be able to minimize the potential for occurrence of this type of incident through the following precautions: 1. Policy should be developed, posted, utilized, and enforced in regard to compliance with speed limits. 2. Safety literature regarding weather and other driving hazards should be made available to drivers travelling in unfamiliar geographical areas. 3. Seat-belt usage should be strictly enforced for all commercial truck drivers.
• Content Notes:
  Publication Date provided by FACE program
  
  not printed on the report.
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Automobiles
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
  • Safety Management
  • Transportation
  • Women
  • Workplace
• Keywords:
  • OSHA Region 8
  • Accident-analysis
  • Accident-prevention
  • Accidents
  • Injuries
  • Injury-prevention
  • Traumatic-injuries
  • Work-operations
  • Work-analysis
  • Work-areas
  More +
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Motor Vehicles
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE93WY003
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Wyoming ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  3 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20028757
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2014-103489
• 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 93WY003, 1993 Aug ; :1-3
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1993
• Performing Organization:
  Wyoming Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  48-49 - Transportation and Warehousing - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  1996/09/29
• Resource Number:
  FACE-93WY003
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/166416/cdc_166416_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 66.47 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2b8d8060737e163cfd8fde6388004d5af29db8a0475ada10be30a8d84cc6ff6bb9823e72606969b7466f0a8ada0f14d670101633075d127158a3efb10417aa84