OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14259295
MCCOY TREE SURGERY
SHREVEPORT, LA—
Event description
EMPLOYEE DROWNED IN SWIFT-FLOWING CREEK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING ON A CONCRETE ABUTMENT ON THE EAST BANK OF THE CREEK. H AS 5 FEET 6 INCHES TALL AND HE DROWNED IN 5 FEET OF WATER. APPARENTLY, HE COULD NOT SWIM. E WAS ATTEMPTING TO PLACE A SECTION OF A WOODEN EXTENSION LADDER ACROSS THE 8 FO OT WIDE CREEK SO HE COULD GET TO THE OTHER SIDE. EMPLOYEE #1 NEEDED TO WRAP A CA BLE AROUND A TREE ON THE WEST SIDE TO AID IN CUTTING IT DOWN. WHILE ATTEMPTING T O PLACE THE LADDER ACROSS THE CREEK, EMPLOYEE #1 SLIPPED AND FELL INTO THE 5 FOO T DEEP CREEK. BECAUSE OF RECENT FLOOD CONDITIONS, THE CURRENT OF THE CREEK WAS E XTREMELY SWIFT. WITNESSES SAID THAT THE CURRENT CARRIED EMPLOYEE #1 BENEATH THE SURFACE THREE TIMES. THEY WERE UNABLE TO RESCUE HIM. EMPLOYEE #1'S BODY WAS RECO VERED DOWNSTREAM BY THE CADDO SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SIX DAYS LATER. EMPLOYEE #1 W
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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