Accident Report Detail

Accident: 138736.015 - Employee Is Killed By Drowning When Truck Rolls Into Canal

**Accident: 138736.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 08/17/2021**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1550713.015	08/17/2021		Ranger Construction Industries, Inc.

At 3:15 p.m. on August 17, 2021, an employee operated a water truck on a dirt ro ad adjacent to a canal. At some point, the truck became too close to the canal s houlder, the dirt gave way, and the truck rolled into the canal. The employee wa s killed by drowning.

Keywords: canal, collapse, drown, drowning, operating, operator, road, roll-over, truck, unstable soil

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1550713.015	59	M	Fatality		Truck drivers, heavy	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Backfilling and compacting FatCause:

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