OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14526891
ALCOHOL,INTOXICATED,TRUCK,DROWN,SECURITY GUARD,MOTOR VEHICLE,WATER
Event description
EMPLOYEE DROWNED IN ALCOHOL-RELATED ACCIDENT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DRIVING ON ROUTINE SECURITY PATROL AROUND A RESERVOIR. THE RESER VOIR HAD A LEVEE, THE TOP OF WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET ABOVE THE SURROUNDI NG GROUND. IT APPEARS THAT EMPLOYEE #1 CAME AROUND A CURVE WITH HIS ATTENTION DI RECTED ELSEWHERE. HE RAN OFF THE ROAD AND FOUND HIMSELF HEADING INTO THE RESERVO IR. EMPLOYEE #1 THEN OVERCORRECTED, SO THAT HE WAS HEADED TOWARD THE BANK OF THE DIKE. HE OVERCORRECTED AGAIN AND DROVE OFF THE FACE OF THE DIKE INTO THE RESERV OIR. HE DROWNED. EXAMINATION OF HIS VEHICLE REVEALED NO DEFECTS. EMPLOYEE #1'S B LOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT WAS 0.166 PERCENT. AN ANALYSIS OF THE LIQUID IN A THERMOS B OTTLE FOUND IN THE VEHICLE REVEALED THAT IT CONTAINED 9 PERCENT ALCOHOL.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 68 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 13
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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