Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 920652 - Employee drowns in canal when pinned by overturned tractor

Accident Summary Nr: 920652 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 11/18/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109004432	11/20/1992	2061	0	U.S. Sugar Corp.

Abstract: Employee #1, a yard man with 12 years experience, was driving a tractor beside a canal on an unpaved road. Witnesses approximately a quarter of a mile away saw Employee #1 driving to the right. The tractor went down an embankment and into the canal, overturned, and pinned Employee #1 underwater below the discharge chute. He drowned. Employee #1 was not located for about 8 hours. He was not visible from the frequently traveled road.

Keywords: EMBANKMENT, CANAL, PINNED, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, TRACTOR, DROWN, OVERTURN, WATER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109004432			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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