Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200674141 - Employee drowned when Bobcat flips and pins him underwater

Accident Summary Nr: 200674141 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 02/12/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306176918	02/12/2003	1629	238910	Watson Trucking & Equipment Rental, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 8:37 a.m. on February 12, 2003, an employee of Watson Trucking and Equipment Rental was operating a Bobcat at a construction site. The employee was removing debris from the back of a house that was under construction. The employee was in shallow water operating the Bobcat. He was observed moving the Bobcat bucket in and out of the water. It appears that he was attempting to clean the bucket, when the employee tried to back up out of the water. He was unsuccessful. When he tried to move the Bobcat to the left, the Bobcat flipped over in the deepest part of the canal. The Bobcat slid down the embankment coming to rest in approximately 48 ft of water. The employee was pinned under the machine and subsequently drowned.

Keywords: CANAL, CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, DROWN, OVERTURN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306176918			Fatality	Asphyxia	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site grading and rock removal Fatality Cause: Asphyxiation/inhalation of toxic vapor

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