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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #740019

ROCK,CAUGHT BY,RIVER,DROWN,OVERTURN

Event
ROCK,CAUGHT BY,RIVER,DROWN,OVERTURN
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
740019
Report ID
931500

Event description

River guide drowns when raft flips over

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a whitewater river guide, was caught under rocks and drowned when h is raft flipped over.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 42 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    31
    Event type
    14
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    18
    Hazardous substance
    8880
    Task assigned
    1

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