Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200670198 - Employee drowns while installing fence posts

Accident Summary Nr: 200670198 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 08/14/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
116513342	08/16/1996	1799	0	Joe Duncan

Abstract: On August 14, 1996, Employee #1 and a coworker were installing fence posts. Employee #1 was handed a level and told to check the posts to insure they were the same height while the coworker went to cut more posts. When the coworker finished, he returned to where Employee #1 had been working and found him floating, face down, in approximately 2 to 4 in. of water. He had drowned.

Keywords: INSTALLING, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, DROWN, WATER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	116513342			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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