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Accident Summary Nr: 135398.015 - One employee is killed, one is injured when work truck overt

Accident Summary Nr: 135398.015 -- Report ID: 1054115 -- Event Date: 04/18/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1529290.015	04/19/2021	1623	237130	317728627 - Potelco Inc

Abstract: At 4:30 p.m. on April 18, 2021, Employees #1 and #2, employed by a construction company, were traveling in a company work truck from the jobsite to a hotel. The truck was moving along a narrow, winding, and rough road when it drove off the road, rolled several times, and came to rest 200 feet below road level. Employee #1, the passenger, sustained blunt force traumatic injuries and was killed. Employee #2, the driver, was wearing a seat belt and survived. Emergency services transported Employee #2 to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of minor injuries.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Construction, Construction vehicle, Driver, Ejected, Fracture, Laceration, PPE, Road, Roll-Over, Seat Belt, Truck

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1529290.015	26	M	Hospitalized injury		Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:
2	1529290.015	22	M	Fatality		Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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