Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 113889.015 - Employee drowns after equipment snares rope

Accident Summary Nr: 113889.015 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 02/21/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1380591.015	02/22/2019		237990	Chapman Marine, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on February 21, 2019, an employee was diving at approximately 50 feet to tie a rope to an irrigation pump to be pulled to the surface by his coworker. The employee tied the rope to the pump and tugged 3 times to alert his coworker the rope had been secured. The employee started to ascend and his coworker noted that the bubbles from the Scuba equipment had stopped. The coworker started to pull the rope up but it was too heavy. The employees equipment was caught in the rope and the employee left it before floating to the surface. The employee drowned before surfacing.

Keywords: Caught By, Diving, Drown, Drowning, Entangled, Rope, Scuba

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
		Maintenance or repair					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1380591.015	38	M	Fatality		Diver	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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