Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200675387 - Employee Drowns When Tractor Rolls over Into Canal

Accident Summary Nr: 200675387 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 07/05/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308406826	07/06/2005	0783	561730	Floral Acres L.L.C.

Abstract: At approximately 8:30 a.m. on July 05, 2005, Employee #1 was working as an employee of Floral Acres LLC of Boynton Beach, Florida. The business is a nursery farm engaged in growing and selling ornamental plants. Employee #1 was performing his duties as assigned. He was driving a Kubota Model Number MX500 front loader tractor, with Serial Number 10787, headed eastbound on a service road. The service road was 20 feet wide and ran parallel to a 20-foot-wide canal. Employee #1 was driving the tractor with the ROPS (rollover protection structure) folded down, and he was not wearing a seatbelt. The tractor rolled over and went down the approximately 4 foot embankment into 2 feet of water in the canal. Employee #1 drowned.

Keywords: AGRICULTURE, CANAL, ROLL-OVER, NURSERY, SEAT BELT, LOADER, TRACTOR, DROWN, MOTOR VEHICLE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	308406826			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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