Log Truck Driver Killed When Brakes Fail on Steep Road - Oregon: Report 2006-14-1

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE)
• Description:
  On April 19, 2006, a 42-year-old log truck driver was killed when he apparently jumped from his runaway truck after his brakes failed on a steep, narrow gravel road. The driver had less than 1 year of experience operating a semi-truck. Earlier in the day, the driver entered the mill yard with his rear trailer brakes smoking. The trailer air-brake lines had been damaged by dragging on the ground, and he fixed one air line with electrical tape. On the last load of the day, just prior to the incident, the driver stopped on the downhill road to allow another truck to pass. At a subsequent series of S-curves, the driver apparently jumped from his truck when the brakes failed and was run over by the wheels before the truck plunged over a hillside. The victim was found dead at the scene. The truck and trailer, on later inspection, had seven of ten brakes out of adjustment. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Automobiles
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Motor Vehicles
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
  • Transportation
• Keywords:
  • Accident-analysis
  • Accident-prevention
  • Accidents
  • Injuries
  • Injury-prevention
  • Traumatic-injuries
  • Safety-education
  • Work-operations
  • Truck-drivers
  • Trucking
  More +
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  All ; Motor Vehicles
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• Publisher:
  Oregon Health and Science University
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Oregon ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  7 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039378
• Citation:
  Portland, OR: Oregon Health and Science University, Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation, OR 2006-14-1, 2008 Aug; :1-5
• Email:
  orface@ohsu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  Oregon Health and Science University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  2004/09/01
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Resource Number:
  2006-14-1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228648/cdc_228648_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 163.62 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f2c3dd2842ea15ed8ed4b1c2bed52bbc729bb3fd8a3e0ba38acc33008bc3c8c74a673e2a85404469a8a30ec0fed77735f659e8eb7b92a63352300918f7d4d3e4