OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221420086

317729451 - VALE OREGON IRRIGATION DISTRICT

VALE, OR· 2021-10-27T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Collapse, Driver, Driving, Dump Truck, Ejected, Lost Control, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Road, Roll-Over, Seat Belt, Shoulder, Slid, Slope, Struck By, Training, Truck Driver, Unstable Soil, Unstable Surface
NAICS: 221310
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345691133
Employer profile: 317729451 - VALE OREGON IRRIGATION DISTRICT
Summary number: 221420086
Report ID: 1054115

Event description

Employee is killed after ejection from and struck by truck

Investigation abstract

At 10:30 a.m. on October 27, 2021, an employee had been driving a dump truck on a road parallel to a irrigation canal. The opposite side of the road sloped down and away from the road. As the employee drove down the road, the shoulder on the down slope side gave way under the passenger side tires causing the truck to slide off the road and then roll over several times. The employee was not wearing a seat belt and was struck by the truck when he was ejected killing him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 26 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
804

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