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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14488613

PIER,MECH MAT HANDLING,DROWN,WATER

Event
PIER,MECH MAT HANDLING,DROWN,WATER
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14488613
Report ID
215000

Event description

EMPLOYEE DROWNED WHEN HE DROVE A "HUSTLER" INTO THE WATER

Investigation abstract

ON JULY 31, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A HUSTLER MACHINE, PULLING CONTAINER -LOADED CHASSIS. AS HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO PICK UP A CONTAINER PARKED NEXT TO THE STRING PIECE, HE DROVE THROUGH THE WOODEN BUMPERS ON THE PIER AND INTO THE WATER . HE DROWNED.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 48 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    31
    Event type
    14
    Source
    30
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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