Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 115666.015 - Employee is caught in basin and drowns

Accident Summary Nr: 115666.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 04/24/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1395649.015	04/24/2019		237110	Westwind Contracting Inc.

Abstract: At 1:15 p.m. on April 24, 2019, an employee was working inside a catch basin while sealing around a newly installed drain pipe. The employee drowned when a plug that was used to seal an opening failed and allowed water to flood the catch basin.

Keywords: Caught In, Drown, Drowning

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1395649.015	50	M	Fatality		Paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing culverts and incidental drainage Fatality Cause:

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