Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14478085 - Employee drowns when loader is washed into river

Accident Summary Nr: 14478085 -- Report ID: 0111100 -- Event Date: 04/01/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
971275	08/04/1986	1622	0	Blanchet Trucking Co.

Abstract: Employee #1 was operating a payloader on a bridge used to transport logs across the St. John River. Ice and water washed into the bridge and toppled the payloader into the river. Employee #1 drowned.

Keywords: VEHICLE, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, RIVER, LOADER, DROWN, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	971275			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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