OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14543797
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATES, INC.
CONSHOHOCKEN, PA·
Event description
Employee drowns when bulldozer falls into quarry
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was using a D-8H Caterpillar bulldozer to pushing fly ash into a 30 ft deep quarry that was full of water. The bulldozer went into the water and Emp loyee #1 drowned.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 Male
- Nature of injury
- Asphyxia (2)
- Part of body
- LUNG (28)
- Accident type
- CARD-VASC/RESP FAIL. (12)
- Source of injury
- WATER (41)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- RADIATION CONDITION (12)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.