In the early morning of a late summer's day, a 50 year old semi-truck driver was transporting a load of asphalt flux. He had been driving for approximately five hours and was getting ready to exit the interstate when for an unknown reason, the unit left the interstate, sideswiped a SUV parked on the shoulder, drove through a guardrail then proceeded into a ravine. A passing motorist called emergency services, who upon their arrival contacted the local coroner. The driver had been ejected from the cab and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report for Kentucky: Owner/Operator Hauling Asphalt Flux Dies After Driving into a Ravine and Striking Trees, FACE-11-KY-072
2012
6 pages
Report
No indication
English
Public Health & Industrial Medicine , Industrial Safety Engineering , Road Transportation , Accident investigations , Occupational safety and health , Fatalities , Truck drivers , Fatigue , Industrial accidents , Industrial safety , Injuries , Kentucky , Motor vehicles , Safety equipment , Tank trailer , Work environments , Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation(FACE)