OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14547913
SLIP,RIVER,FALL,DROWN
Event description
DROWNED WHILE FORDING SHALLOW STREAM.
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TRAVELLING ALONE AND ON FOOT TO A REMOTE AREA TO RETRIEVE SOME C ABLES, WHICH HAD FALLEN INTO A RIVER. THIS TRIP REQUIRED WADING ACROSS THE BLOSO M AND WILSON RIVERS AT THEIR CONFLUENCE. THE STREAM AT THE FORD IS APPROXIMATLEY KNEE DEEP, ONE HUNDRED FEET WIDE AND SLOW FLOWING. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WEARING RUBB ER BOOTS WITH CLEATED SOLES. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES. IT IS ASSUMED THAT HE SLIP PED AND FELL, STRUCK HIS HEAD, AND DROWNED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 4
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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