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Accident: 52906.015 - Employee Is Trapped Underwater By Fallen Excavator And Drown

**Accident: 52906.015 -- Report ID: 0729300 -- Event Date: 09/26/2013**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
942748.015	09/27/2013		Robertson Contractors, Inc.

At 3:30 p.m. on September 26, 2013, an employee was applying rip/rap in drainage ditch using a mid-size excavator. The employee tracked the excavator along the lake bank. The ground gave way and the excavator slid into the water and turned over on its side, trapping the employee in the cab underwater. The employee dr owned.

Keywords: drowning, excavator

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	942748.015	29	M	Fatality		Excavating and loading machine operators	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Seawall construction, riprap placement FatCause:

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