Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14533137 - Employee drowned after losing mouthpiece

Accident Summary Nr: 14533137 -- Report ID: 0215300 -- Event Date: 07/03/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17978784	07/05/1988	3731	0	San Juan Shipyard, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, a diver, was assigned a 15 ft dive to remove a water pump from a partially sunk vessel. Employee #1 was using a SCUBA-type mouthpiece with surface supplied air. Somehow he lost hold of the mouthpiece containing the air line and drowned.

Keywords: SCUBA, DIVING, DROWN, LOST CONTROL, DIVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	17978784			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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