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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 109187.015 - Employee Drowns After Slipping Into Water While Repairing Se

**Accident: 109187.015 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 09/15/2018**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1346685.015	09/17/2018		Hooper City

At 4:00 p.m. on September 15, 2018, an employee was repairing an Airvac sewer sy stem component that was located inside a manhole. The employee was laying on hi s stomach reaching into the unit which was two feet below ground level. He slip ped, landing head first into 14 inches of water. The employee drowned at the si te.

Keywords: drown, drowning, fall, manhole, repair, sewer, slip

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1346685.015	62	M	Fatality		Water and sewage treatment plant operators

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