Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200674349 - Employees drown in canal on sugercane farm

Accident Summary Nr: 200674349 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 02/04/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306176975	02/11/2003	0133	111930	United States Sugar Corporation

Abstract: At approximately 5:45 a.m. on February 4, 2003, Employee #1 and two coworkers working for the United States Sugar Corporation were riding in a company vehicle that was being driven by Employee #1. Employee #1 was driving under adverse weather conditions along a road on the sugarcane farm toward a field they would be working on that morning. Employee #1 accidentally drove the vehicle into a canal where the three employees drowned.

Keywords: VEHICLE, CANAL, DRIVER, RIDING ON EQUIPMENT, DROWN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	306176975	Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported
2	306176975	Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported
3	306176975	Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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