OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14300552

INSTALLING,SCUBA,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,POOL,DROWN

1987-07-11T00:00:00

Event: INSTALLING,SCUBA,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,POOL,DROWN
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14300552
Report ID: 951510

Event description

Employee drowns in swimming pool surge chamber

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was installing a 9 ft steel ladder on the wall of the surge chamber for swimming pools #1 and #2. Before lunch he was using scuba gear, with the lin e tended by a coworker. After lunch Employee #1 disregarded the two-man policy a nd entered the chamber alone. He apparently drowned.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 24 M

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
28

Event type
14

Source
41

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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