Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14347702 - CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE FELL INTO SWIMMING POOL; DROWNED

Accident Summary Nr: 14347702 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 10/17/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101881654	05/19/1987	1541	0	Frasier-Deason, Inc.

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 1:15 PM ON OCTOBER 17, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ASSISTING HIS FOREMAN IN THE INSTALLATION OF GLASS PANES IN A RESIDENTAL WINDOW. THE FOREMAN STARTED UP A STEP LADDER THAT WAS LEANING AGAINST THE WALL ADJACENT TO THE SWIMMING POOL. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL, ALONG WITH THE PANE, WHEN HE WAS APPROXIMATELY THREE (3) FEET UP THE LADDER. THE PANE SHATTERED WHEN IT STRUCK THE GROUND NEXT TO THE SWIMMING POOL. IT APPEARS THAT EMPLOYEE #1 STEPPED BACKWARDS WHEN HIS FOREMAN FELL, CAUSING HIM TO FALL INTO THE POOL. HE WAS NOT ABLE TO SWIM AND THEREFORE DROWNED.

Keywords: CONSTRUCTION, FALL, DROWN, WALKING BACKWARD, LOST BALANCE, WATER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101881654			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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