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Accident Summary Nr: 200553931 - Employee Drowns When All-Terrain Vehicle Goes Into River

Accident Summary Nr: 200553931 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 05/20/2005
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
30760248205/26/20059999924110U. S. Army Corps Of Engineers

Abstract: At approximately 7:30 a.m. on May 20, 2005, Employee # 1 was working at one of the locks and dams on the Ouachita River. He was operating a Yamaha BearTracker all-terrain vehicle, transiting across the upstream lock on the miter gates. For an unspecified reason, he did not negotiate a slight right-hand turn in the middle of the miter gates and ran through a section of the guardrail. He and the vehicle fell into the river on the upstream side of the miter gates. Employee #1 drowned.

Keywords: DAM, LUNG, ASPHYXIATED, MOTORCYCLE, RIVER, DROWN, LOST CONTROL, MOTOR VEHICLE

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 307602482 Fatality Amputation Occupation not reported

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