OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14533137

SCUBA,DIVING,DROWN,LOST CONTROL,DIVER

1988-07-03T00:00:00

Event: SCUBA,DIVING,DROWN,LOST CONTROL,DIVER
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14533137
Report ID: 215300

Event description

Employee drowned after losing mouthpiece

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a diver, was assigned a 15 ft dive to remove a water pump from a pa rtially sunk vessel. Employee #1 was using a SCUBA-type mouthpiece with surface supplied air. Somehow he lost hold of the mouthpiece containing the air line and drowned.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 52 M

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
28

Event type
12

Source
41

Occupation code
999

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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