Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 165956.015 - Employee dies due to drowning trying to float through pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 165956.015 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 04/21/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1743059.015	04/22/2024		237990	Goodfellow Bros California, Llc

Abstract: At 6:56 p.m. on April 21, 2024, an employee working as a construction laborer for a civil engineering contractor was inspecting and clearing a water inlet grate. The employee squeezed passed a gap in the grate covering to access the water inlet to the 36-inch pipe with intention of "body surfing" (floating through) the pipe to the end. The employee became engulfed in the water and died due to drowning.

Keywords: Clearing, Construction, Drown, Drowning, Engulfed, Inexperience, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Inspecting, Insufficient Supervision, Laborer, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Lack of oxygen, Lung, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Water, Water Pipe

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		Alteration or rehabilitation			0		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1743059.015	49	M	Fatality		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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