Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14569420 - EMPLOYEE DROWNED IN GENERATING PLANT RESERVOIR

Accident Summary Nr: 14569420 -- Report ID: 1054115 -- Event Date: 08/22/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
3146743	09/22/1986	4911	0	Portland General Electric Co

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 IS THE ONLY PERSON KNOWN TO BE INVOLVED. HE WAS AN AUDITOR. HIS BODY WAS DISCOVERED FLOATING IN THE COOLING-WATER RESERVOIR AT A COAL-FIRE ELECTRICITY GENERATING PLANT. IT IS NOT KNOWN WHY HE WAS NEAR THE RESERVOIR, OR HOW HE ENTERED THE WATER. HE WAS KNOWN TO BE ABLE TO SWIM; HOWEVER, HE WAS FULLY DRESSED, AND THE RESERVOIR WATER CONTAINED ALGA AND WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A GOOD PLACE TO SWIM FOR RECREATION. THE WATER WAS NOT TURBULENT. THE WATER INTAKE PUMPS WERE NOT OPERATING. THEREFORE THERE WAS LITTLE, IF ANY, WATER CURRENT PRESENT. AN INVESTIGATION BY THE OREGON STATE POLICE FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF FOUL PLAY.

Keywords: DROWN, WATER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3146743			Fatality	Asphyxia	Accountants and auditors

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