OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14484133
DIVERS WORLD ENTERPRISES,INC.
COHOES, NY·
Event description
DROWNED WHILE ENGAGED IN DIVING OPERATION
Investigation abstract
ON OCTOBER 4, 1985 AT 3 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DRY SUIT DIVING IN 25 FEET OF WATER, 85 FEET FROM SHORE, ON THE UPSTREAM SIDE OF THE DAM. THE AIR, COMMUNICATION, AN D SAFETY LINES WERE ATTACHED TO THE DIVER FROM THE SHORE. A PIECE OF FLOATING DE BRIS BECAME CAUGHT IN THE LINES AND SWEPT THE DIVER UP AND OVER THE TOP OF THE D AM. HE FELL 88 FEET DOWN THE FALLS. EMPLOYEE #1 SUFFERED CUTS AND BRUISES TO THE HEAD. THE BODY WAS RECOVERED ON OCTOBER 5, 1985, IN 35 FEET OF WATER, 400 FEET DOWNSTREAM FROM THE DAM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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