OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221439417
CLIFF'S TRUCKING INC.
PARKLAND, FL·
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
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 804
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