OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14526156
MEEKINS-BAMMAN PRESTRESS INC.
HOLLYWOOD, FL—
Event description
ACCIDENTALLY DROVE VEHICLE INTO LAKE AND WAS DROWNED
Investigation abstract
ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 7:30 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 DROVE A CONCR ETE SPREADER TO THE FACILITY'S WASH AREA TO CLEAN UP FOR THE DAY. THIS HAD BEEN A NORMAL PART OF HIS DAILY ROUTINE FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS. AFTER A PERIOD, EMPLOY EE #1 AND HIS VEHICLE WERE MISSED. A SEARCH FOUND HIM IN THE LAKE ALONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DETERMINED TO BE IN GOOD WORKING CONDITION. IT IS CONJ ECTURED THAT EMPLOYEE #1 ACCIDENTLY PLACED THE VEHICLE INTO A FORWARD GEAR WHEN HE INTENDED TO PUT IT IN REVERSE. HE DROVE INTO THE WATER BEFORE HE COULD STOP T HE VEHICLE. HE COULD NOT SWIM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 9
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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