OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #868125
AKRON TIRE TEST FACILITY GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER
AKRON, OH—
Event description
EMPLOYEE LOSES CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE AND IS KILLED
Investigation abstract
On May 7, 1985, an employee was testing experimental high performance tires whil e driving at approximately 60 mph on a test track. His car slide off the track a nd ran into a drainage ditch. The impact of the crash killed him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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