Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 712265 - Employee drowns when tractor rolls over into river

Accident Summary Nr: 712265 -- Report ID: 1054116 -- Event Date: 10/02/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105325161	10/06/1987	1611	0	Tidewater Contractors Inc

Abstract: On October 2, 1987, Employee #1 was operating a Case 500C tractor with a sweeper attachment. He was sweeping along the side of a road without shoulders when the tractor's front tire dropped off the edge of an embankment. The tractor tumbled down the bank and went into a river, pinning Employee #1 underwater. Shortly after the accident, the road foreman observed the tractor in the river and called for help. He checked Employee #1 for a pulse, but found none. Soon thereafter, the company president arrived and coworkers jacked the tractor off the employee. About an hour after the accident an ambulance and sheriff's deputy arrived; Employee #1 was pronounced dead at the scene.

Keywords: EMBANKMENT, PINNED, ROLL-OVER, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, RIVER, TRACTOR, DROWN, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105325161			Fatality	Other	Paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators

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