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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14342638

CANAL,DROWN,WATER

Event
CANAL,DROWN,WATER
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14342638
Report ID
418800

Event description

EMPLOYEE DROWNED IN CANAL

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS NOT FEELING WELL, TRIMMED TREES IN THE MORNING. AFTER NOON HE BECAME OVERLY AGRESSIVE, HALLUCINATED AND THREATENED A CO-WORKER. FEARING FOR HIS SAFETY, THE CO-WORKER LEFT THE JOB SITE. THE LAST TIME THE CO-WORKER SAW EM PLOYEE #1 WAS WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WALKING DOWN A ROAD. EMPLOYEE #1 DROWNED IN A CANAL ABOUT ONE EIGHTH MILE FROM THE JOBSITE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OBSERVED THRASHIN G ABOUT IN THE CANAL BY A WORKER FROM A DIFFERENT JOB SITE. THAT WORKER TRIED TO SAVE EMPLOYEE #1, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 29 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    14
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    18
    Hazardous substance
    8880
    Task assigned
    2

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