OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14349187
HENRY WILLIAMS CATFISH FARM
LOUISE, MS—
Event description
TRACTOR RAN OFF LEVEE INTO CATFISH POND; DROWNED
Investigation abstract
ON OCTOBER 1, 1985, AT 1:30 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INSTRUCTED TO GO FEED CATFISH. H E DROVE AN INTERNATIONAL FARM TRACTOR (SERIAL NUMBER 13828 Y-AA), WITH A FEEDER ATTACHMENT, TO THE CATFISH FEED HOPPPER. WITH THE FEEDER FULL OF CATFISH FOOD, E MPLOYEE #1 PROCEEDED TOWARD THE LEVEE FOR POND #1. EMPLOYEE #1 DROVE THE TRACTOR AND FEEDER INTO POND #1. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FOUND TWO DAYS LATER, DROWNED, IN POND #1. EMPLOYEE #1'S LOWER RIGHT LEG WAS ALSO FRACTURED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 64 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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