Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 142008.015 - Employee is killed after ejection from and struck by truck

Accident Summary Nr: 142008.015 -- Report ID: 1054115 -- Event Date: 10/27/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1569113.015	10/27/2021	4941	221310	317729451 - Vale Oregon Irrigation District

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.

Keywords: 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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1569113.015	26	M	Fatality		Truck drivers, heavy	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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