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Accident Summary Nr: 153242.015 - Employee drowns while performing dredging work

Accident Summary Nr: 153242.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 01/26/2023
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1646412.01501/26/2023237110Downrite Engineering Corp.

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on January 26, 2023, an employee and coworkers were performing diving operations in a canal with about 8 feet of water to dredge for installation of an underwater pipe. None of the workers were dive-certified and some only had "in-house" or on-the-job training in the operations. The workers took turns rotating between diving or dive tending. The employee was on a dive rotation when he lost consciousness under the water and subsequently drowned.

Keywords: Commercial Diving, Diver, Diving, Drown, Drowning, Inexperience, Installing, Lost consciousness, Pipe, Training, Water
Accident Details
End Use Project Type Project Cost Stories Non-building Height Fatality
Shoreline development, dam, reservoir Maintenance or repair   9 X

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Construction
1 1646412.015 48 M Fatality Distance of Fall: feet
Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet
Cause: Dredging
Fatality Cause:

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