Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201170750 - EMPLOYEE DROWNS WHILE RETRIEVING CABLE

Accident Summary Nr: 201170750 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 05/30/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125851998	06/02/1998	1382	0	Western Geophysical

Abstract: On May 30, 1998, employees were retrieving data acquisition cable from a flooded area of the Yolo Bypass approximately 200 yards west of County Road 124 in Yolo County, CA. The cable, used to connect sensors for seismic surveying, has eight pair of copper conductors in a thick rubber jacket. The employees were collecting cable in lengths of 400 feet. Each 400-ft length of cable weighs 20 to 30 pounds. The employees were working in water waist to shoulder deep when Employee #1 stepped into a canal and drowned. The employee was fully clothed, wearing work boots, carrying 400 feet of cable, and not wearing a life jacket.

Keywords: UNEVEN GROUND, WIRE ROPE, CANAL, WORK RULES, WALKING SURFACE, DROWN, LIFE JACKET, WORK SURFACE, WATER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125851998			Fatality	Other	Supervisors; handlers,equip-cleaners,laborers nec

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