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Accident: 201580750 - Employee Killed When Bobcat Fell Off Barge Into River

**Accident: 201580750 -- Report ID: 1032300 -- Event Date: 08/31/2000**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
301190708	09/01/2000	4491	Jore Marine Services, Inc.

Employee #1 was operating a Bobcat with a sweeper attachment cleaning the deck of a barge. Employee #1 backed through a 0.5-inch cable guardrail and fell fifteen feet into the water. The bobcat sunk to the bottom of the river in approximately 30-feet of water. Employee #1 was trapped inside the cab of the bobcat and drowned.

Keywords: barge, asphyxiated, guardrail, industrial truck, drown

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	301190708			Fatality	Asphyxia	Longshore equipment operators

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