The victim was operating an excavator near a canal when the excavator tipped on its side and went in the water. The victim was able to get out of the cab and transported to a hospital where he died at 5:45 p.m.
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January 26, 2015
FL · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
Fatality · MACHINERY
White Springs Ag Chems Inc dba Nutrien · Drowning
March 2, 2011
NC · Metal/Non-Metal
outside foreman, leadman
Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
PCS Phosphate Company Inc · Struck by falling object
Victim was part of a crew that was welding hdpe pipe using a McElroy fusion machine. While attempting to position pipe in to fusion machine, using an excavator, the pipe struck the victim in the head.
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