Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170566533 - Employee drowns after falling into channel

Accident Summary Nr: 170566533 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 09/12/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126573054	09/12/1995	9199	0	Hennepin County

Abstract: At approximately 11:30 a.m. on September 11, 1995, a Hennepin County bridge inspection crew, including Employee #1, was working under Narrows Bridge on County Road #19 at Lake Minnetonka. One member of the crew went to inspect the area where the bridge and the ground connect while Employee #1 inspected part of the bridge adjacent to the channel. According to witnesses, Employee #1 stepped onto the seawall that serves as the retaining wall for the channel, turned to his left, took a few steps, and then fell into the channel. Employee #1 appeared to struggle for a short period of time before drowning in approximately 15 ft of water. A diver from the Hennepin County Sheriff's Water Patrol recovered the body from the channel bottom. Preliminary autopsy results by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office indicate that he died of freshwater drowning. Employee #1 was classified as a nonswimmer according to the Hennepin County Sheriff's Department report.

Keywords: MAINTENANCE, WALL, WORK RULES, FALL, BRIDGE, DROWN, INATTENTION, WATER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126573054			Fatality	Other	Engineers, n.e.c.

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