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Security guard fell or slipped from the cab of his personal vehicle into a shallow diversion ditch at the base of a berm along a roadway. He was found with his face submerged in approx 12" of water. The death was drowning & that a contributory condition was marked alcohol intoxication. The case was not determined to be chargeable until December 22, 2014.
Lost balance slide into ditch.
Employee accesing a loaded barge, he stepped on a piece of angle iron welded on the cell with his right foot and held onto a D shaped ring that was also welded onto to the side cell, with his right hand. Foot slipped off of the piece of angle and he fell backwards, trying to catch himself with his right hand, chipped a bone his right wrist.
While walking in material on a 11/2 to 1 slope, dozer spun out and flipped backwards.
Welding on #3 loader bin, eyes burned from welding flash.