Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 153242.015 - Employee drowns while performing dredging work

Accident Summary Nr: 153242.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 01/26/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1646412.015	01/26/2023		237110	Downrite Engineering Corp.

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on January 26, 2023, an employee and coworkers were performing diving operations in a canal with about 8 feet of water to dredge for installation of an underwater pipe. None of the workers were dive-certified and some only had "in-house" or on-the-job training in the operations. The workers took turns rotating between diving or dive tending. The employee was on a dive rotation when he lost consciousness under the water and subsequently drowned.

Keywords: Commercial Diving, Diver, Diving, Drown, Drowning, Inexperience, Installing, Lost consciousness, Pipe, Training, Water

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Shoreline development, dam, reservoir		Maintenance or repair				9	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1646412.015	48	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Dredging Fatality Cause:

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