OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14347702
FRASIER-DEASON, INC.
SELMA, AL·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE FELL INTO SWIMMING POOL; DROWNED
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 1:15 PM ON OCTOBER 17, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ASSISTING HIS FORE MAN IN THE INSTALLATION OF GLASS PANES IN A RESIDENTAL WINDOW. THE FOREMAN START ED UP A STEP LADDER THAT WAS LEANING AGAINST THE WALL ADJACENT TO THE SWIMMING P OOL. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL, ALONG WITH THE PANE, WHEN HE WAS APPROXIMATEL Y THREE (3) FEET UP THE LADDER. THE PANE SHATTERED WHEN IT STRUCK THE GROUND NEX T TO THE SWIMMING POOL. IT APPEARS THAT EMPLOYEE #1 STEPPED BACKWARDS WHEN HIS F OREMAN FELL, CAUSING HIM TO FALL INTO THE POOL. HE WAS NOT ABLE TO SWIM AND THER EFORE DROWNED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 5
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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