OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14569420
PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
BOARDMAN, OR·
Event description
EMPLOYEE DROWNED IN GENERATING PLANT RESERVOIR
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 IS THE ONLY PERSON KNOWN TO BE INVOLVED. HE WAS AN AUDITOR. HIS BODY WAS DISCOVERED FLOATING IN THE COOLING-WATER RESERVOIR AT A COAL-FIRE ELECTRICI TY GENERATING PLANT. IT IS NOT KNOWN WHY HE WAS NEAR THE RESERVOIR, OR HOW HE EN TERED THE WATER. HE WAS KNOWN TO BE ABLE TO SWIM; HOWEVER, HE WAS FULLY DRESSED, AND THE RESERVOIR WATER CONTAINED ALGA AND WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A GOOD PLACE TO SWIM FOR RECREATION. THE WATER WAS NOT TURBULENT. THE WATER INTAKE PUMPS WER E NOT OPERATING. THEREFORE THERE WAS LITTLE, IF ANY, WATER CURRENT PRESENT. AN I NVESTIGATION BY THE OREGON STATE POLICE FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF FOUL PLAY.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 23
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 2
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