Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 19795.015 - Employee is drowned when tractor drove into canal

Accident Summary Nr: 19795.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 06/14/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
476540.015	06/19/2012		111998	Sugar Farms Co-Op

Abstract: At approximately 4:30 p.m. on June 14, 2012, an employee was operating a tractor with a spray rig which required him to get off the tractor to spray using a hand held sprayer while spraying weeds with Roundup herbicide on lateral ditch, water culvert, and on the side of the road. After finishing spraying the weeds around the culvert, the employee got into the tractor and travelled approximately 93 feet and drove into a canal. The employee drowned.

Keywords: Canal, Drown, Drowning, Tractor, Water

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	476540.015	39	M	Fatality		Farm workers

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