OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14254593
CENTURY CONTRACTORS INC
BADIN, NC·
Event description
Employee drowns after falling into dam spillway
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was assigned to replace bolts on a river dam structure. He had stepp ed out onto an unguarded slick concrete raceway to retrieve a dropped hard-hat w hen he fell or slid approximately 40 feet into the turbulent water at the dam sp illway. The water was 38 degrees Fahrenheit and, despite rescue attempts, Employ ee #1 drowned after one minute.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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