Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201044856 - Employee Dies from Drowning

Accident Summary Nr: 201044856 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 09/11/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316005594	09/24/2012	1799	238910	Par 3 Landscape & Maintenance, Inc.

Abstract: On September 11, 2012, Employee #1, an employee of Par 3 Landscape & Maintenance, Inc., was using a John Deere 444G Front End Loader, Identification Number CK444GX002342, to reconstruct an area of the Las Vegas wash channel that eroded away by flowing water. The work area is where all of the water from the valley converges and flows. The McCarren International Airport recorded a record 1.18 inches of rain fall in the Las Vegas Valley. There were no direct witnesses to the accident, however, golf course employees said that the water came all at once and without warning. Employee #1 was found 5 miles away from the work area. The coroner's report indicates cause of death as drowning.

Keywords: LUNG, ASPHYXIATED, CANAL, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, FLOWING MATERIAL, LOADER, DROWN, WATER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Contractor's yard/facility		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	316005594			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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