OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #712265
TIDEWATER CONTRACTORS INC
PORT ORFORD, OR·
Event description
Employee drowns when tractor rolls over into river
Investigation abstract
On October 2, 1987, Employee #1 was operating a Case 500C tractor with a sweeper attachment. He was sweeping along the side of a road without shoulders when the tractor's front tire dropped off the edge of an embankment. The tractor tumbled down the bank and went into a river, pinning Employee #1 underwater. Shortly af ter the accident, the road foreman observed the tractor in the river and called for help. He checked Employee #1 for a pulse, but found none. Soon thereafter, t he company president arrived and coworkers jacked the tractor off the employee. About an hour after the accident an ambulance and sheriff's deputy arrived; Empl oyee #1 was pronounced dead at the scene.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 594
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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