OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14488613
SEALAND SERVICE INC.
ELIZABETH, NJ·
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
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#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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