OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1002401
CPR,WASTE PROC FAC,PIT,DROWN,PUMP,WATER
Event description
Employee drowns in water pit
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was left alone at a city wastewater treatment plant when the plant s 3. Employee #1 had no pulse, no blood pressure, and no respiration. The pump can transfer approximately 2,000 gallons of water per minute into the pit. There we re no witnesses to the accident. uperintendent went into town, which was approximately 1/2 mile away. When the su perintendent returned approximately 15 minutes later, he noticed that the plant' s #2 recirculating pump was not operating and that the pit's water level was ele vated. The superintendent shut off the gravity flow and let pump #1 lower the wa ter level. Once the water level was lowered, he saw that Employee #1 had been su cked against the inlet for the #2 recirculating pump. The superintendent went in to the plant office and called 911. He then jumped into the water and pulled Emp loyee #1 away from the inlet. CPR was administered until the EMTs arrived at 7:4
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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