Summer 2013 Commercial Fatalities 8/26/13
Posted: September 4, 2013 Filed under: Alaska, Mountaineering, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Whitewater Rafting, Wyoming | Tags: Cambridge, Cedar Hills Utah, Chattooga River, Colorado Springs, Death, Exum Mountain Guides, fatality, Grand Teton, Kenai Peninsula, Mountaineering, Nashville Tennessee, NOVA Alaska, Ocoee River, Ohiopyle State Park, Raft, Tennesee, TN, Whitewater Rafting, Wildwater Ltd, Wyoming, Youghiogheny River 3 CommentsThis list is not guaranteed to be accurate. The information is found from web searches and news dispatches. Those references are part of the chart. If you have a source for information on any fatality please leave a comment or contact me. Thank you.
If this information is incorrect or incomplete please let me know. This is up to date as of August 14, 2013. Thanks.
Rafting, Mountaineering and other summer sports are probably still safer than your kitchen or bathroom. This information is not to scare you away from any activity but to help you understand the risks and to study.
Red is a probable death due to medical issues.
Dark blue is a death of an employee while working.
Date | Activity | State | Location | What | Age | Sex | Home | Ref |
5/27 | Whitewater Rafting | AK |
Kenai Peninsula’s Six Mile Creek, Zig Zag Rapid |
washed out of a boat filled with clients and a guide as they entered rapid |
47 | M | Cambridge, UK | |
6/8 | Whitewater Rafting | TN | Chattooga River | boat flipped | 58 | M | Nashville, TN | |
6/20 | Mountaineering | WY | Lower Saddle of the Grand Teton | slipped on snowfield and slid | 55 | M | Colorado Springs, CO | |
7/3 | Summer Camp | CA | Camp Tawonga | Tree fell | 21 | F | Santa Cruz, CA | http://rec-law.us/16RpK3K & http://rec-law.us/124h7TI |
7/6 | Whitewater Rafting | PA | Youghiogheny River, Ohiopyle State Park | Foot entanglement with rope | 22 | M | Lancaster, PA | http://rec-law.us/12dNcIz & http://rec-law.us/1btCuRC |
7/9 | Summer Camp | UT | Mt. Dell Scout Ranch, UT | Run over by flat bed truck | 14 | M | Cedar Hills, UT | http://rec-law.us/159p1tz |
8/14 | Whitewater Rafting | WV | New River, WV | washed out of boat into “meat grinder” area | 16 | M | Germany | http://rec-law.us/1dfgQl8 |
8/24 | Whitewater Rafting | TN | Ocoee River, TN | fell out in Grumpy’s rapid | 52 | F | Rex, GA | http://rec-law.us/17fRPnc & http://rec-law.us/1dJZYTU |
8/25 | Whitewater Rafting | TN | Ocoee River, TN | fell out in Grumpy’s rapid | 36 | F | Smyrna, TN | http://rec-law.us/17fRPnc & http://rec-law.us/12FJFmh |
Our condolences go to the families of the deceased. Our thoughts extend to the families and staff at the areas who have to deal with these tragedies.
Overall it has been a low fatality year!
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