OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #734921
COOPER SAND & GRAVEL CO. INC.
ANDERSON, SC·
Event description
Employee drowns when sucked into drainage pipe
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was attempting to remove a 12-in. section of a drain pipe from a sil t pond. There was approximately 8 in. of water over the top of the pipe. Employe e #1 was standing on a tree limb and slipped into the drain pipe. He was sucked in feet first and he drowned.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 864
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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