OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14204010
EASTERN LANE FOREST PROTECTION DISTRICT
COTTAGE GROVE, OR—
Event description
FORESTRY TANKER TRUCK TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 9:45 AM ON JULY 9, 1984, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DRIVING A 5 TON FOREST RY TANKER TRUCK TO A FOREST FIRE. HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY EMPLOYEE #2. THE TRUCK W AS BEING DRIVEN ON BIM ROAD 21-2-31.1, 14 MILES SOUTH OF COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON. WHILE DRIVING AROUND A RIGHT CURVE, THE DRIVER APPARENTELY LOST CONTROL, STRUCK A CONCRETE BRIDGE ABUTMENT, AND PLUNGED 20 FEET TO THE CREEK BED BELOW THE BRIDG E. THE 8,000 GALLON WATER TANK BEING CARRIED IN THE TRUCK BED SLID FORWARD, CRUS HING THE CAB.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 495
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 19 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 495
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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