Safety Alert

Vehicle Accidents – Seat Belts Save Lives

IADCInternational Association of Drilling ContractorsIADC Alert 02-52

Vehicle Accidents – Seat Belts Save Lives

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Summary

A safety alert describes a rig manager’s fatal vehicle rollover while travelling home from a rig site. He swerved to avoid a deer, but the vehicle struck the animal and entered a ditch. An attempt to correct its direction caused the rollover.

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About This Record
Publisher
International Association of Drilling Contractors
Type
Safety Alert
Reference
IADC Alert 02-52
Date
8 December 2002
Activity
Vehicles and Driving
Link
Checked , working
Record
iadc-alert-02-52 · added 3 September 2026

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