Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201856341 - Employee killed when caught in underwater pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 201856341 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 01/08/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303747208	01/09/2002	1629	236210	Fuller Mossbarger Scott & May Engineers, Inc.

Abstract: On January 9, 2002, Employee #1 was engaged in diving activities involving replacing pipes in the bottom of a reservoir. The operator of the reservoir opened the valve in the bottom of the reservoir at the request of another contractor on site to lower the level of the reservoir prior to the dive. Employees of the contractor state that they informed the dive team members of the open valve while the dive team leader claims not to have been informed. Employee #1 got his leg caught in the pipe. He could not release his leg and he was killed due to positional asphyxia.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, REPAIR, CAUGHT BY, DIVING, PIPE, DROWN, DIVER, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Shoreline development, dam, reservoir		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303747208			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing culverts and incidental drainage Fatality Cause: Asphyxiation/inhalation of toxic vapor

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