State Trooper Struck by Tractor Trailer While Conducting a Commercial Vehicle Traffic Stop - Illinois

Details

• Personal Author:
  Fowler, Melanie L. ; Romano, Nancy T.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
• Description:
  On March 28, 2019, a 34-year-old state trooper assigned to patrol duties as a CVEO, initiated a traffic stop of a tractor trailer on the right shoulder of a 4-lane highway. After she conducted her inspection, the trooper was standing on the driver's side running board of the truck talking to the driver, when another tractor trailer traveling westbound stuck the trooper, throwing her off the running board and into a ditch parallel to the highway. First responders attempted life saving measures but were unsuccessful. The trooper was pronounced deceased at the scene.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Automobiles Law Enforcement Mortality Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident Analysis Accident Prevention Drivers Fatalities Law Enforcement Workers Motor Vehicles OSHA Region 5 Police Officers Recommendations Safety Practices Traumatic Injuries

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Motor Vehicles ; Motor Vehicles - Law Enforcement Officers
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  NIOSH (In-House) ; Law Enforcement Officers (LEO)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHLEO202201
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  19 pages
• Contributor:
  Burckhardt, Charles N.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20068574
• Citation:
  Morgantown, : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  92 - Public Administration - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  2019/03/28
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8cdc3a8d2ad320ec733d2eb074c24ad955a9f5a068c74fbff8e61204f4b3dca9dc0fb24be00275a17d4dc1f1f1024097da6d57be9deeb08cc5729776dbca6bd4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/167238/cdc_167238_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.34 MB ]