OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14500227
FIRE,DROWN,BOAT
Event description
EMPLOYEE DROWNS IN BOAT ACCIDENT
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 while piloting a pleasure boat from his place of employment in Milwa ukee, WI to Racine, WI, issued a mayday when his boat caught fire. The coast gua rd and a privately-owned boat responded but Employee #1 could not be found and t he boat sank. The boat was salvaged but Employee #1 was not found. Approximately 3 months later Employee #1 was found dead due to drowning in Lake Michigan.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 4
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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