OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14490965
EXCAVATION,EQUIPMENT OPERATOR,EARTHMOVING EQUIP,EXCAVATOR,SLIPPERY SURFACE,DROWN,WATER
Event description
EXCAVATOR OPERATOR DROWNED WHEN MACHINE SLID INTO WATER
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 1 PM ON FEBRUARY 26, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A STEEL-TR ACKED EXCAVATOR. HE INTENDED TO USE THE EXCAVATOR'S BUCKET TO DETERMINE THE DEPT H OF AN ICE COVERED HOLE. AS HE EXTENDED THE BOOM OF THE EXCAVATOR TO BREAK THRO UGH THE ICE, THE EXCAVATOR ROCKED AND THEN SLID INTO THE ICE-COVERED WATER. EMPL OYEE #1 COULD NOT ESCAPE FROM THE EXCAVATOR'S CAB AND DROWNED WHILE TRYING TO SW IM TO THE WATER'S SURFACE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 11
- Task assigned
- 1
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