OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14346779
RESPIRATORY,SEWER,CONFINED SPACE,PPE,SLIP,TOXIC ATMOSPHERE,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,DROWN,WATER
Event description
FELL INTO SEWER; DROWNED IN SEWER WATER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS RUNNING A WATER CLEANING HOSE INTO AN 8 INCH SEWER LINE AT A MAN VOLVED IN THE RELINING OF OLD SEWER SYSTEMS WITH NEW THERMOPLASTIC LININGS. HOLE OPENING. HE HAD TROUBLE GETTING THE WATER HOSE INTO THE SEWER LINE. HE CLIM BED INTO THE MANHOLE, USING THE WATER HOSE TO HOLD ONTO. HE QUICKLY EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING AND TRIED TO CLIMB BACK UP ON THE WATER HOSE. AS HE NEAR ED THE EXIT HE REACHED OUT TO GRAB A FELLOW EMPLOYEE ON THE OUTSIDE. EMPLOYEE #1 'S HANDS WERE MUDDY, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS GRIP ON THE OTHER EMPLOYEE. HE FELL TO THE BOTTOM OF THE MANHOLE AND WAS SWEPT UP BY RUSHING SEWER WATER IN THE 30 INCH LINE LOCATED THERE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WASHED ALONG FOR SEVERAL BLOCKS AND WAS DROWNED. NO SAFETY EQUIPMENT WAS PROVIDED FOR THE OPERATION. THE COMPANY WAS IN
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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