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Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report for Washington: Truck Driver Dies After Being Run Over By Propane Transport Rolling Backward at Bulk Plant, FACE-11-WA-013.
| 题名： | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report for Washington: Truck Driver Dies After Being Run Over By Propane Transport Rolling Backward at Bulk Plant, FACE-11-WA-013. |
| 关键词： | Accident Investigations; Fatalities; Injuries; Machine Operation; Materials Transportation; Motor Vehicles; Occupational Safety And Health; Propane; Runover Accident; Safety; Training; Truck Drivers; |
| 摘要： | In March of 2011, a 69-year-old propane transport driver died when his loaded cargo tank transport semi-trailer truck rolled backward and over him. The driver was employed by a farm supply cooperative which delivers bulk propane in cargo tank semi-trailer trucks, also known as propane transports. On the day of the incident, the driver arrived to make a fuel delivery at a bulk plant facility. Upon hooking up the cargo tank hoses to the facility's fuel unloading bulkhead and starting to dispense fuel, he discovered that the transfer pump was leaking externally. This condition would prevent safe delivery of the fuel. The driver used his cell phone to contact his supervisor through his dispatcher at 6:21 p.m. to alert him of the situation. The supervisor told the driver he would need to take the transport to another city for repairs the following day and that he would make arrangements and then call him back with details. The supervisor attempted to call the driver numerous times, but could not make contact with him. At 7:44 a.m. the next morning a representative of the bulk plant facility arrived at the yard where he found the driver lying deceased underneath the semi-tractor's right rear wheel. He contacted emergency services and a deputy sheriff and fire and rescue personnel arrived at the scene. Upon examination of the incident scene by the first responders they noted that 1) the vehicle's engine was running and headlights on, 2) the brake for the cargo tank transport semitrailer was set, 3) the tractor's brake was not engaged, and 4) no wheel chocks were visible. Apparently, the driver had attempted to drive away, but was unable to because the trailer's brakes were still engaged by the air brake safety interlock system. When a metal hinged gate located on the trailer's undercarriage in front of the fuel loading and unloading connections is opened, an air valve is activated which engages the trailer's brakes. In order for the vehicle to be driven this gate must be c |
| 报告类型： | 科技报告 |
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