OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1002096

UNCONSCIOUSNESS,CONFINED SPACE,LADDER,DESCENDING,FALL,DROWN,MANHOLE,WATER

1986-11-25T00:00:00

Event: UNCONSCIOUSNESS,CONFINED SPACE,LADDER,DESCENDING,FALL,DROWN,MANHOLE,WATER
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 1002096
Report ID: 751910

Event description

Employee drowns in manhole after fall from ladder

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 descended a ladder that was attached to the side of a manhole. He wa s going to open up a valve to begin lowering the water level of a lagoon. He fel l from the ladder and was knocked unconscious. His face and right arm were under water, and he drowned.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 56 M

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
31

Event type
5

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
18

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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