OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14505309
HEAD,UNCONSCIOUSNESS,CLEANING,CONSTRUCTION,POOL,FALL
Event description
Employee killed in fall into drained pool
Investigation abstract
At approximately 4:30 p.m. on September 28, 1988, the foreman assigned Employee #1 to sweep out the bottom of a drained swimming pool before a final inspection. A coworker had his back to the pool, cleaning the thresholds leading to the poo l lockers. He heard a noise, turned, and glimpsed Employee #1 falling into the p ool. Employee #1 struck his right temple and the right side of his face against the bottom of the pool. He lost consciousness during the ambulance ride to the h ospital and remained unconscious until his death 7 days later.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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