Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200780740 - Employee drowns when pinned by collapsing dam

Accident Summary Nr: 200780740 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 03/04/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
122186141	03/05/1999	7032	0	Pines Educational Group

Abstract: Employee #1, a camp counselor, was assigned to supervise at the volleyball court. Nearby, two contract workers were using a backhoe to break through an earthen dam nearby to drain a one-acre pond. Employee #1 left the volleyball court and ran to where the water was running through the broken section. Ignoring the warnings of the workers, he tried to body surf the water cascading over the broken portion of the dam. As Employee #1 was going over, a section of the dam collapsed on top of him, pinning him under the surface. He drowned; his body could not be retrieved until the following day.

Keywords: DAM, ASPHYXIATED, COLLAPSE, PINNED, WORK RULES, DROWN, WATER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	122186141			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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