OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #758714
JEFFERSONVILLE CITY OF
JEFFERSONVILLE, IN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE DROWNED AFTER HE FELL FROM LADDER
Investigation abstract
ON JUNE 6, 1987, SOMETIME BETWEEN 10:00 AM AND 12:38 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WENT INTO A E #1 WAS LYING FACE DOWN IN ABOUT 30 INCHES OF WATER. THE APPARENT CAUSE OF DEAT H WAS DROWNING. WET WELL TO CLEAN THE BAR SCREEN. HE DESCENDED A 27 FOOT LADDER, RETRIEVED A RA KE AND STARTED FOR THE BAR SCREEN. APPARENTLY BECOMING ILL, EMPLOYEE #1 DROPPED THE RAKE AND HEADED FOR THE LADDER TO QUICKLY GET OUT OF THE WET WELL. (HE WAS A LONE AND PROBABLY FRIGHTENED.) THE FACT THAT HE WAS FOUND WITH A BROKEN LEFT LEG INDICATED THAT HE PROBABLY FELL FROM THE LADDER. HE ALSO HAD A SMALL ABRASION O N HIS HEAD. A COWORKER RETURNED FROM LUNCH AT 12:38 PM AND WENT DIRECTLY TO THE WET WELL. HE NOTICED THAT THE FLOW GATE TO THE WELL WAS CLOSED. WHEN HE LOOKED C LOSER HE SAW EMPLOYEE #1'S PANT LEGS PROTRUDING FROM THE COMMINUTER PIT. EMPLOYE
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 9
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 19
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
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