Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14331680 - Employee drowns when crane overturns into drainage ditch

Accident Summary Nr: 14331680 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 11/25/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
110130796	12/01/1992	2824	0	American Cyanamid Company
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
110130770	12/01/1992	2824	0	Ogden Industrial Services

Abstract: At approximately 6:30 p.m. on November 25, 1992, Employee #1 and two coworkers were returning to the main plant after repairing a pump on the southeast corner of a landfill on the company's property. Two coworkers were in a pickup truck, followed by Employee #1, who was driving a Broderson crane (model #IC-80-2D, serial #188535). It was raining lightly as they drove on the dirt road, which was next to a retention lagoon. When the two coworkers noticed that they could no longer see the crane's lights behind them, they walked back the way they had come. They discovered that the crane had run off the road and into the lagoon, rolling as it fell. Employee #1 was trapped inside and drowned.

Keywords: DITCH, DROWN, CRANE, OVERTURN, POOR VISIBILITY, WATER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	110130796			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
2	110130770					Occupation Not Listed

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