OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14341697
OKEELANTA CORPORATION
SOUTH BAY, FL·
Event description
Employee drowns when car lands in canal
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was leaving a job site in his own vehicle. According to witnesses, h e was speeding at approximately 50 to 55 mph when his car struck an object in th e road, just about where a drain pipe crossed a 15 ft deep canal. The car became airborne, fell into the canal, somersaulted, and landed upside down at the bott om of the canal. An immediate attempt was made to save Employee #1; however, his car windows were closed and the doors could not be opened. Employee #1 drowned. A rescue squad took about three hours to retrieve his body from the wreckage.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 2
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