Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 64889.015 - Employee drowns when excavator overturned in water

Accident Summary Nr: 64889.015 -- Report ID: 0214200 -- Event Date: 06/05/2014
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
979651.015	06/05/2014		238910	Global Development Contracting Llc

Abstract: At 9:15 a.m. on June 5, 2014, an employee was building a seawall while operating an excavator. The excavator toppled over due to a wet surface and the employee drowned after excavator went into water.

Keywords: Drowning, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Roll-Over

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition			0	0	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	979651.015	60	M	Fatality		Machine operators, not specified	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause:

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