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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14454276

HELICOPTER,FALL,DROWN,UNSTABLE POSITION,WATER

Event
HELICOPTER,FALL,DROWN,UNSTABLE POSITION,WATER
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14454276
Report ID
751910

Event description

FELL 100 FEET FROM HELICOPTER INTO LAKE

Investigation abstract

ON NOVEMBER 28, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 3:30 PM, A HELICOPTER FROM THE TURNER COP TO HIS DEATH WERE THE HEIGHT OF THE FALL AND THE COLDNESS OF THE WATER. TER SERVICES WAS DEPOSITING ROCKS OUT IN A LAKE. EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYE E WERE OUT ON THE LAKE DIRECTING THE COPTER. EMPLOYEE #1 RADIOED THE HELICOPTER TO PICK HIM UP AND TAKE HIM TO ANOTHER BOAT TO PICK UP SOME GASOLINE. THE HELICO PTER HOVERED OVER THE BOAT AND EMPLOYEE #1 CLIMBED UP ONTO THE LANDING GEAR ASSE MBLY. HE THEN RADIOED THE PILOT TO TAKE HIM UP. WHEN THE HELICOPTER REACHED AN A LTITUDE OF ABOUT 100 FEET, THE PILOT'S ASSISTANT (IN THE HELICOPTER) SAW THAT EM PLOYEE #1 WAS LOSING HIS GRIP ON THE LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY. HE GRABBED FOR EMPLO YEE #1, BUT MISSED HIM. EMPLOYEE #1 FELL TO THE WATER AND DROWNED. CONTRIBUTING

Victims (2)

  1. #1 Fatality Age 36 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    31
    Event type
    5
    Source
    41
    Occupation code
    599
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #981 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0

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