Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 733592 - Employee drowns in reservoir

Accident Summary Nr: 733592 -- Report ID: 0855610 -- Event Date: 06/21/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102112943	06/24/1986	1629	0	K2b Constructors, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 and coworkers were building a work platform made of dirt and held in place by a retaining wall next to the Buffalo Bill Dam. Employee #1 was operating a D Caterpillar when the wall and fill failed, causing him and the Caterpillar to fall into the reservoir. Employee #1 drowned.

Keywords: DAM, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, UNSTABLE SOIL, DROWN, RETAINING WALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102112943			Fatality	Other	Supervisors; brickmasons, stonemasons, tilesetters

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