A 23-year-old worker who could not swim drowned in a landscape pond in Oregon. The Hispanic man was working for a landscape development company. He and a co-worker were laying rocks around a pond in a ravine. The victim slipped on the bank at the water's edge, perhaps while trying to avoid rocks falling from a tipped wheelbarrow. The co-worker grabbed his hand but was pulled into deep water. No grab lines, life preserver rings, fall prevention equipment or poles were nearby. The co-worker managed to get out and go for help. Rescuers at first couldn't find, then later couldn't revive, […]
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