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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221439417

CLIFF'S TRUCKING INC.

Event
Backing Up, Canal, Diver, Drown, Drowning, Dump Truck, Operating, Roll-Over, Slide, Unloading
NAICS
238910
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345794978
Employer profile
CLIFF'S TRUCKING INC.
Summary number
221439417
Report ID
0418800
Project type
E
Construction end-use
H

Event description

Employee?s truck rolls over into canal, is killed by drownin

Investigation abstract

At 10:00 a.m. on February 21, 2022, an employee operated an end dump truck in reverse to unload a load of dirt and mud into a man-made canal. The truck's rear wheels went over the edge and the truck slide down and rolled onto its left side and completely submerged in the approximately thirty-foot-deep canal. The employee was able to exit the cab and surfaced twice before disappearing under the water surface. The employee was found killed by drowning by recovery divers a short time later.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 24 M

    Event type
    14
    Occupation code
    804

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