Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14400196 - EMPLOYEE DROWNED WHEN DOZER WENT INTO LAKE

Accident Summary Nr: 14400196 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 08/01/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1534775	08/02/1985	4911	0	Texas Utilities Mining Co

Abstract: An employee was moving fly ash into a disposal lake. The bank gave way when the dozer he was operating came too close to the edge. He and the dozer went into the lake. The employee drowned.

Keywords: ELEC UTILITY WORK, UNSTABLE SOIL, BULLDOZER, DROWN, OVERTURN, WATER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1534775			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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