Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170070577 - Employee drowns while swimming to shore from capsized canoe

Accident Summary Nr: 170070577 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 03/28/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104363759	04/05/1991	7999	0	The Columbia Association, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were in the middle of a lake in an Old Town Discovery Canoe, serial #XTC 34517E989, painting bollards on a boat dock pier. When the canoe capsized Employee #1 tried to swim to shore and drowned. Neither employee was trained in proper boating safety and both had turned down the use of personal floatation devices when they were offered.

Keywords: WORK RULES, LIFE JACKET, UNTRAINED, BOAT, OVERTURN, WATER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104363759			Fatality	Other	Carpenters

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