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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221425937

RICARDO ACOSTA

Event
Drowning, Fall, Landscaping, Pool
NAICS
561730
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345716708
Employer profile
RICARDO ACOSTA
Summary number
221425937
Report ID
0950635

Event description

Employee dies by drowning

Investigation abstract

The type of site is a residential site. At 11:00 a.m. on January 7, 2022, an employee was engaged in cleaning leaves that were blown into a pool. The leaves were blown into the pool by his earlier activity, using the leaf blower to clean up the back yard area. The employee was working with a pool skimmer at the time he fell into the pool. The employee drowned in the pool.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 21 M

    Event type
    14
    Occupation code
    486

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