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Inspection: 102824141 - Us Sugar Corporation

Inspection Information - Office: Fort Lauderdale Area Office

 

Inspection Nr: 102824141
Report ID: 0418800
Date Opened: 03/24/1989

Site Address:
Us Sugar Corporation
Pride Property - 4 Mi. N. Of Belle Glade
Belle Glades, FL 33440

Mailing Address:
P.O. Drawer 1207, Clewiston, FL 33440

Union Status: Union

SIC:2061

NAICS: 0 

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 04/25/1989

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 04/25/1989

Related Activity
Type Activity Nr Safety Health
Accident 360132997

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14354864
Event: 02/22/1989
Employee drowns after tractor rolled over into canal

At about 9:00 a.m. on the morning of February 27, 1989, Employee #1 was using a Caterpillar D-6 tractor to pull four empty sugar cane wagons in a field on state property managed by PRIDE and located 3/8 mile north of the intersection on plot 37LP20. Employee #1 failed to completely negotiate a left turn at an intersection and overturned the tractor into an adjacent irrigation canal. Employee #1 drowned.

Keywords: CANAL, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, TRACTOR, DROWN, LOST CONTROL, OVERTURN

Investigated Inspection
# Inspection Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 102824141 Fatality Other Petroleum engineers
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