Publications

Investigation report : worker fatally injured after being buried by street sweepings

Description

Presents the findings of an investigation of a workplace fatality that occurred in April 2015 in the public administration, education and health services sector. A driver was unloading street sweepings from a dump truck. The driver exited the truck to investigate why the box's tail gate did not open. The gate suddenly opened and material poured out and buried the driver. The driver was taken to hospital and died five days later as a result of his injuries. See the usage considerations section of this record for more information about OHS work site investigations.

Updated

March 9, 2018

Tags
occupational fatalities public administration education and health services sector workplace fatalities workplace fatality investigations workplace fatality reports

Title and publication information

Type
Report
Extent

8 pages

Frequency

Once

Publisher / Creator Information

Creator
Labour
Publisher

Labour

Place of Publication

Edmonton

Subject Information

Spatial Coverage

Edmonton

Start Date

2015-04-22

End Date

2015-04-22

Resource Dates

Date Created

2018-03-09

Date Added

2018-09-20T16:56:19.980212

Date Modified

2018-03-09

Date Issued

2018-09-20

Audience information

Identifiers

Local Identifier

F-OHS-089427-3A56D

Usage / Licence

Usage Considerations

Alberta Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) investigates serious incidents, including fatalities, which occur at work sites that fall under provincial OHS legislation. After a serious incident or fatality takes place at a work site, OHS officers investigate the work site to determine the causes and circumstances of the incident or fatality. OHS prepares an investigation report summarizing the incident and then conducts an enforcement action review of the investigation, to determine if the incident file should be submitted to Alberta Justice for consideration for prosecution. OHS publishes the fatality investigation report online only after investigations and all court proceedings, if any, are completed.

Contact

Contact Name

Occupational Health and Safety. Investigation Unit

Contact Email

whs@gov.ab.ca

Contact Other

Phone 1-866-415-8690 (toll-free)