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Accident Summary Nr: 14523211 - EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN HE ENTERED UNLIT SEWER CHAMBER

Accident Summary Nr: 14523211 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 03/03/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101561710	03/04/1986	1629	0	Pile Foundations, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101567378	01/28/1986	1622	0	Clevecon Inc

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1, A PROJECT MANAGER FOR A MAJOR SEWAGE TUNNEL PROJECT, DISCOVERED AN UNDERGROUND CHAMBER ADJACENT TO A LAND SITE BEING LEVELED BY A D-7 DOZER FOR THE EMPLACEMENT OF A PILE DRIVING RIG. HE WANTED TO FLAG THE CORNERS OF THE CHAMBER TO KEEP THE DOZER OFF THE ROOF, SO HE RAISED ONE OF THE MANHOLE COVERS AND DESCENDED INTO THE 12 FOOT DEEP CHAMBER. (THE CHAMBER WAS A COMPONENT OF A SEWAGE PLANT MANY ACRES IN SIZE.) HE FAILED TO TEST THE ATMOSPHERE INSIDE THE CHAMBER, NOR DID HE TAKE A LIGHT, OR VENTILATE, OR TAKE A ROPE. HE TOOK ABOUT 4 STEPS AND STUMBLED INTO AN 8 FOOT DEEP SEWER CHANNEL CONTAINING ABOUT 6 FEET OF RAPIDLY FLOWING SEWAGE. HE WAS SWEPT ABOUT 200 FEET TO THE NEXT CHAMBER, WHERE HE WAS FOUND FLOATING FACE DOWN, DEAD.

Keywords: SEWER, LOST BALANCE, CONFINED SPACE, CONSTRUCTION, DROWN, POOR VISIBILITY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101561710					Occupation Not Listed
2	101567378			Fatality	Other	Civil engineers

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