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Accident Summary Nr: 14342778 - TWO CONSTRUCTION WORKERS DROWNED WHEN WORK BASKET FELL

Accident Summary Nr: 14342778 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 11/23/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101261949	11/24/1987	1622	0	Downs (J) Construction Co. Inc.,Northwest Const.

Abstract: SEVERAL EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING AT A BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AT MILE MARKER 68 OF STATE ROAD I75. A TRUCK CRANE HOISTED EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, IN A WORK BASKET, TO THE EDGE OF A CONCRETE PIER LOCATED IN A CANAL. A MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION CAUSED THE BOOM TO DROP, DUMPING THE TWO EMPLOYEES AND THE WORK BASKET INTO THE CANAL. ONE EMPLOYEE WAS ABLE TO SWIM TO SHORE. EMPLOYEE #2 DOVE INTO THE WATER IN AN ATTEMPT TO RESCUE EMPLOYEE #1. EMPLOYEE #1 AND HIS PROSPECTIVE RESCUER (EMPLOYEE #2) DROWNED.

Keywords: BOOM, CANAL, TRUCK CRANE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, DROWN, LIFE JACKET, WORK PLATFORM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101261949			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
2	101261949			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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