Accident Report Detail

Accident: 201271129 - Employee Drowns In Manhole

**Accident: 201271129 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 06/28/2000**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
303423875	06/29/2000	8711	F.W. Dougherty Engineering & Associates Inc.

Sometime between 3:00 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. on June 29, 2000, Employee #1, of F.W. Dougherty Engineering & Associates, and a coworker, of Trussville Utilities, were found at a water filtration plant, lying in 2 ft 4 in. of water at the bottom of a manhole. The Trussville Fire Department Rescue Unit responded and removed the bodies. The chief coroner and medical examiner listed the official cause of death as drowning. The manhole was tested by OSHA and some sections were found to have an oxygen level as low as 0.5 and an LEL as high as 37.0.

Keywords: oxygen deficiency, asphyxiated, confined space, drown, manhole, water

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	303423875			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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