Safety Alert
Improper Pre-Trip Inspection Leads to Runaway Trailer
Improper Pre-Trip Inspection Leads to Runaway Trailer
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 14-14
- Inspection and MaintenanceVehicles and Driving
- Mechanical failure
- Vehicles and driving
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Summary
This alert describes a trailer separating from its tractor during a left turn onto an access road. The detached trailer travelled uncontrolled downhill and collided with a security shack at the bottom. The title links the event to an improper pre-trip inspection.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Vehicles and driving; driving; road transport.
IADC Alert 14-14. Themes: inspection and maintenance, vehicles and driving.