Safety issues addressed in the report concern the adequacy of the U.S. Department of Defense's (DOD) munitions transportation safety program, including procedures for identifying unsafe operating practices of motor carriers used to transport Class A and Class B explosive shipments; the lack of thermal protection for explosive shipments to provide reasonable time to evacuate persons from nearby threatened areas; and the adequacy of recommended minimum evacuation distances when explosives are involved in fire during transportation.
Hazardous Materials Special Investigation Report - Collision between a Tractor-Semitrailer Transporting Bombs and an Automobile, Resulting in Fire and Explosions, Checotah, Oklahoma, August 4, 1985
1987
44 pages
Report
No indication
English
Transportation Safety , Road Transportation , Logistics Military Facilities & Supplies , Transportation , Motor vehicle accidents , Accident investigations , Bombs(Ordnance) , Tractors , Semitrailers , Automobiles , Buildings , Damage , Explosion , Fire , Hazardous materials transportation , 10MK84 bombs , Checotah(Oklahoma)