Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14478085

BLANCHET TRUCKING CO.

Event
VEHICLE, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, RIVER, LOADER, DROWN, OVERTURN
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#971275
Employer profile
BLANCHET TRUCKING CO.
Summary number
14478085
Report ID
111100

Event description

Employee drowns when loader is washed into river

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was operating a payloader on a bridge used to transport logs across the St. John River. Ice and water washed into the bridge and toppled the payload er into the river. Employee #1 drowned.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 58 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    14
    Source
    41
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    17
    Task assigned
    1

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