OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14525935
OKEELANTA CORP.
SOUTH BAY, FL—
Event description
DROVE TRACTOR INTO CANAL; DROWNED
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A STEIGER TRACTOR, PTA 270, SERIAL NUMBER 151-00106-81 RED TO BE TRYING TO SWIM. DEATH WAS APPARENTLY DUE TO ACCIDENTAL DROWNING. IT CO ULD NOT BE DETERMINED WHETHER THE EMPLOYEE KNEW HOW TO SWIM OR NOT. , WHICH WAS PULLING TWO SCRAP CANE WAGONS. HE WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON A DIRT ROAD , APPROACHING A BRIDGE WHICH WAS 13 FEET, 10 INCHES WIDE, WITH LOW CURBS AT THE BRIDGE EDGES. THE ROAD HAD SOME PROTRUDING BOULDERS IN THE AREA OF THE BRIDGE AP PROACH. EMPLOYEE #1 TURNED LEFT ONTO THE BRIDGE AT A SPEED ESTIMATED AT 10 MILES PER HOUR. HE MADE THE TURN BUT WAS UNABLE TO STRAIGHTEN THE TRACTOR ENOUGH TO S AFELY CROSS THE BRIDGE. THE TRACTOR AND TRAILERS JUMPED THE CURB AT THE SOUTH SI DE OF THE WEST END OF THE BRIDGE AND WENT INTO THE CANAL. THE CANAL WAS REPORTED LY 25 OR 30 FEET DEEP. IT WAS REPORTED THAT EMPLOYEE #1 SURFACED ONCE, AND APPEA
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 60 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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