OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14259378
RUBBER BOOT,SLOUGH,SWAMP BUGGY,DROWN,BOAT,OVERTURN
Event description
EMPLOYEE DROWNED AFTER SWAMP BUGGY CAPSIZED
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, A SEISMOGRAPH HELPER, WAS WORKING WITH THREE OTHER EMPLOYEES LAYING WAS WEARING HIP BOOTS. WHEN THE BUGGY CAPSIZED, HIS BOOTS PROMPTLY FILLED WITH WATER. EMPLOYEE #1 DROWNED BECAUSE HIS WATER-WEIGHTED BOOTS HELD HIM BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THE WATER. OUT GEOPHONES BETWEEN TWO STATIONS. THERE WAS A SLATE ROAD AND A SLOUGH BETWEEN THE TWO STATIONS. THE SLOUGH WAS APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET ACROSS AND CONTAINED 5 F EET OF WATER WITH ABOUT 4 FEET OF SILT/MUCK ON THE BOTTOM. THE WORKERS CROSSED T HE ROAD AND ENTERED THE SLOUGH IN A SWAMP BUGGY. APPROXIMATELY 5 FEET FROM ONE O F THE BANKS, THE LEFT TRACK OF THE SWAMP BUGGY HIT SOMETHING IN THE WATER, THROW ING THE LEFT HALF OF THE MOBILE INTO THE AIR. THE SWAMP BUGGY ENDED UP UPSIDE DO WN IN THE WATER, BOTH TRACKS IN THE AIR. THE OTHER EMPLOYEES, WHO WERE ALL WEARI NG 10 INCH HIGH RUBBER BOOTS, JUMPED AND SWAM TO THE SHORE. HOWEVER, EMPLOYEE #1
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 4
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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