Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202180204 - Employee Dies of Air Embolism While Scuba Diving

Accident Summary Nr: 202180204 -- Report ID: 0253660 -- Event Date: 10/19/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310744636	11/05/2007	8221	611310	Suny Buffalo Fatality 2007

Abstract: On October 19, 2007, Employee #1, an Instructional Support Associate, was SCUBA diving in 106 ft of water on Lake Ontario. The planned dive was part of an effort to retrieve a lost scientific instrument. Preliminary findings by a medical examiner indicated that the cause of death was due to an air embolism.

Keywords: EMBOLISM, SCUBA, DIVING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310744636			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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