Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14454276 - FELL 100 FEET FROM HELICOPTER INTO LAKE

Accident Summary Nr: 14454276 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 11/28/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14764476	12/05/1984	1629	0	Turner Copter Services Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14764500	11/30/1984	1629	0	Christensen Landscaping & Rental

Abstract: ON NOVEMBER 28, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 3:30 PM, A HELICOPTER FROM THE TURNER COPTER SERVICES WAS DEPOSITING ROCKS OUT IN A LAKE. EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE OUT ON THE LAKE DIRECTING THE COPTER. EMPLOYEE #1 RADIOED THE HELICOPTER TO PICK HIM UP AND TAKE HIM TO ANOTHER BOAT TO PICK UP SOME GASOLINE. THE HELICOPTER HOVERED OVER THE BOAT AND EMPLOYEE #1 CLIMBED UP ONTO THE LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY. HE THEN RADIOED THE PILOT TO TAKE HIM UP. WHEN THE HELICOPTER REACHED AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 100 FEET, THE PILOT'S ASSISTANT (IN THE HELICOPTER) SAW THAT EMPLOYEE #1 WAS LOSING HIS GRIP ON THE LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY. HE GRABBED FOR EMPLOYEE #1, BUT MISSED HIM. EMPLOYEE #1 FELL TO THE WATER AND DROWNED. CONTRIBUTING TO HIS DEATH WERE THE HEIGHT OF THE FALL AND THE COLDNESS OF THE WATER.

Keywords: HELICOPTER, FALL, DROWN, UNSTABLE POSITION, WATER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	14764476			Fatality	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.
2	14764500					Occupation Not Listed

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